单词 | corroboration |
释义 | corroborationn. a. of bodily organs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > [noun] establishment1561 corroboration1599 confirmation1646 firmament1650 strengthening1660 tone-up1943 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 10/2 For corroboratione of the head. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 153 Where the liuer hath need of speedy corroboration. b. of qualities, attributes, faculties, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun] strenghinga1400 strengthc1400 affirmance1442 roboration1473 confirmation1520 corroboration1529 fortification1530 strengthening1535 hardening1544 establishment1561 re-enforcement1577 comforting1605 reinforcement1605 consolidation1611 establishing1846 undergirding1868 entrenchment1877 entrenching1950 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 135/2 The miracles done of olde time by God..in corroboracion & setting forth of ye faith. 1640 W. Prynne Lord Bishops vii. sig. Fiv For..illumination, or consolation, or corroboration of any Grace in our Soules. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 25 The Motion, which is called Appetite..seemeth to be, a corroboration of Vitall Motion, and a help thereunto. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. vii. 151 To the great corroboration of his Spirit in his cruel Martyrdome. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 47 Its [a system of fortification] application to the defence or corroboration of the strength of countries. 2. Legal confirmation. archaic. bond of corroboration (Scots Law): in a bond of debt, an additional obligation which confirms the original obligation; see quot. 1861. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] > validity or legal force > validation or ratification confirming1297 confirmment1297 confirmation1382 corroborating1530 corroboration1549 confirmance1588 vesting1611 affirmance1642 affirmation1645 validatinga1648 homologation1656 validation1656 sanction1658 1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. C.iijv I will obserue..all..Statuts made..in reformacion and corroboracion of the Kynges power. 1656 R. Vines Treat. Lords-supper (1677) 373 An ordinance of corroboration. 1680 R. Ferguson Let. conc. Black Box 6 The..corroberation of his Right to the Imperial Crown. 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 120/1 Where the debtor in a bond dies, his heir may grant a bond of corroboration of his ancestor's debt, which will save the expense of constituting the debt against the heir. Where the creditor in a bond dies, the debtor may grant a bond of corroboration to his heir, which will save the expense of a confirmation, or of completing a title in the person of the heir, etc. 3. The confirmation (of a statement, etc.) by additional evidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > confirmation, corroboration confirming1297 strengthc1400 affirmance1442 vidimus1513 corroborating1530 fortification1530 warranty1561 astipulation1618 support1629 corroboration1765 circumstantiation1841 1765 S. Johnson Plays of Shakespeare V. 225 Let us now enquire what corroboration can be gained from other testimony. 1798 Beresford in Ld. Auckland'd Corr. (1862) III. 412 We have had a long examination this day..a full corroboration of all we knew before. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. 423 In corroboration of the statements in the Lecture, we adduce the following quotations. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. ix. 241 Riah bent his head in corroboration. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 165 It has thus much of corroboration from history, that, etc. 4. That which corroborates; a corroborative circumstance; †a corroborative agent (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > piece of > serving as corroboration corroboration1542 confirmation1553 confirmance1588 confirmative1589 corroborant1805 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > strengthening or confirmation of immaterial things > [noun] > a source or means of strengthinga1400 confirmator1485 stablishment1533 strengthening1571 strengthener1579 corroborative1601 strength1615 corroboration1670 re-enforcer1832 reinforcer1873 vertebration1884 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis 203 They be & ought to be a great corroboration of that hath ben in stories writen and reported in this matier. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 54 The remedies..would be a great comfort and corroboration to the Godly. 1843 E. A. Poe Myst. Marie Rogêt in Wks. (1864) I. 259 Corroboration will rise upon corroboration, and the murderer will be traced. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. xxiv. 326 The title of Cæsar is never found upon coins of this reign [Vitellius] a corroboration of history. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1529 |
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