ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CORROBORATE
From Latin corrōborāre to invigorate, from rōborāre to make strong, from rōbur strength, literally: oak.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CORROBORATE
PRESENT
Present
I corroborate
you corroborate
he/she/it corroborates
we corroborate
you corroborate
they corroborate
Present continuous
I am corroborating
you are corroborating
he/she/it is corroborating
we are corroborating
you are corroborating
they are corroborating
Present perfect
I have corroborated
you have corroborated
he/she/it has corroborated
we have corroborated
you have corroborated
they have corroborated
Present perfect continuous
I have been corroborating
you have been corroborating
he/she/it has been corroborating
we have been corroborating
you have been corroborating
they have been corroborating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I corroborated
you corroborated
he/she/it corroborated
we corroborated
you corroborated
they corroborated
Past continuous
I was corroborating
you were corroborating
he/she/it was corroborating
we were corroborating
you were corroborating
they were corroborating
Past perfect
I had corroborated
you had corroborated
he/she/it had corroborated
we had corroborated
you had corroborated
they had corroborated
Past perfect continuous
I had been corroborating
you had been corroborating
he/she/it had been corroborating
we had been corroborating
you had been corroborating
they had been corroborating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will corroborate
you will corroborate
he/she/it will corroborate
we will corroborate
you will corroborate
they will corroborate
Future continuous
I will be corroborating
you will be corroborating
he/she/it will be corroborating
we will be corroborating
you will be corroborating
they will be corroborating
Future perfect
I will have corroborated
you will have corroborated
he/she/it will have corroborated
we will have corroborated
you will have corroborated
they will have corroborated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been corroborating
you will have been corroborating
he/she/it will have been corroborating
we will have been corroborating
you will have been corroborating
they will have been corroborating
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would corroborate
you would corroborate
he/she/it would corroborate
we would corroborate
you would corroborate
they would corroborate
Conditional continuous
I would be corroborating
you would be corroborating
he/she/it would be corroborating
we would be corroborating
you would be corroborating
they would be corroborating
Conditional perfect
I would have corroborate
you would have corroborate
he/she/it would have corroborate
we would have corroborate
you would have corroborate
they would have corroborate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been corroborating
you would have been corroborating
he/she/it would have been corroborating
we would have been corroborating
you would have been corroborating
they would have been corroborating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you corroborate
we let´s corroborate
you corroborate
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to corroborate
Past participle
corroborated
Present Participle
corroborating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
QUOTES WITH «CORROBORATE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
corroborate.
A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORROBORATE»
Discover the use of
corroborate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
corroborate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Garner's Modern American Usage
Corroborate = (1) to support (a statement, argument, etc.) with evidence that is
consistent; to confirm; or (2) to confirm formally (a law, etc.). Sense 1 is more
common—e.g.: “Experts said a major issue when recovered-memory cases go to
court ...
2
Contemporary Russian: Contemporary Russian Translation Guide ...
... corroborate, verify, support, bear out, acknowledge, assure, demonstrate
подтвердила (noun) - confirmation, corroboration, verification, borne out,
acknowledgement, assurance, supportability подтвердили (verb) - confirm,
corroborate, ...
3
Patent Interference Practice Handbook
Such contemporaneous documentary evidence could include an abandoned
patent application. However, while an abandoned patent application is evidence
of conception, it is insufficient to corroborate testimony that an alleged prior
inventor ...
corroborate anything by appealing to something we do not know. Consider an
analogy. Suppose a scientist were to claim that the results of an experiment he
performed were corroborated by the results of a similar experiment performed in
a ...
5
Berkeley's Idealism: A Critical Examination
all, if there is any doubt whether I really see a chair, then the obvious way to
resolve that doubt is to corroborate my visual perception by obtaining other views
of the chair, by touching the chair, by hearing other people say that they see it,
too, ...
6
The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Còrro'borant (adj. from corroborate) Strengthening, having power to give strength
. Corny horant (s. from tbe oaf.) A medicine to confirm and strengthen.
CORROBORATE (v. t, from tbe Lat. con with, and robur sircngtb) To strengthen, to
make ...
7
Oil Country Tubular Goods from China, Inv. 701-TA-463 (Final)
The Department's reliance on the petition rates to determine an AFA rate is
subject to the requirement to corroborate secondary information. Corroboration
Section 776(c) of the Act provides that, when the Department relies on secondary
...
U.S. International Trade Commission
8
Mysteries from Baseball's Past: Investigations of Nine ...
... Grover Cleveland Alexander? Pete. Alexander: To. Traynor, hit a solo home
run that won. Corroborate. or. Not. to. the mysterious 1–0 game for the Pirates (
National Baseball Hall of Fame Library,. Corroborate. Cooperstown, New York) ...
Angelo J. Louisa, David Cicotello, 2010
9
Analogue and Numerical Modelling of Sedimentary Systems: ...
One suggestion was that models can corroborate hypotheses 'by offering
evidence to strengthen what may be already partly established through other
means'. A second was that models can be used for sensitivity analysis. A third
was that ...
Poppe de Boer, George Postma, Kees van der Zwan, 2009
10
Army Techniques Publication ATP 3-39.12 Law Enforcement ...
While occasionally some case facts are provided to the suspect to make him feel
that he was identified as the person responsible for the crime, other evidence is
withheld from the suspect to identify or corroborate admissions or confessions.
United States Government US Army, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CORROBORATE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
corroborate is used in the context of the following news items.
Big Brothers volunteer in court, accused of child sex assaults
... with detectives who questioned him Monday night, but that they searched his home and did find evidence to corroborate the boy's allegations ... «WSOC Charlotte, Jul 15»
Jordan Spieth says he landed a 12-foot shark and everyone just …
If they don't have photos, can we at least have a friends press conference to corroborate this story? If we're all just gonna take Spieth at his ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
Jimmy Carter Says He Believes 'Jesus Would Approve of Gay …
... that he believes Jesus would approve of gay marriage, though he said that he doesn't have “any verse in scripture” to corroborate this notion. «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»
No Charges for Denver TSA Screeners Accused of Groping …
But the Denver district attorney's office said Monday that prosecutors were unable to corroborate the claims or to prove that one of the screeners ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
Bill Cosby could stand trial after he admitted using date-rape drugs
Many went public with their claims last year but most related to encounters decades earlier that were hard to corroborate and for which the ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
No criminal charges to be filed in alleged school bus assault in Lisbon
“There was nothing to corroborate her version of the events, and nobody to corroborate his version of the event,” Ms. Rain said. “It was a 'he ... «WatertownDailyTimes.com, Jul 15»
Richmond school board member found guilty of passing school bus
Eppes said she planned to appeal the conviction and bring witnesses to her appeal who could corroborate her account. 37.540725 -77.436048 ... «wtvr.com, Jul 15»
Three decades on death row Glenn Ford: An American tragedy
Ford was left handed, but prosecutors never produced a murder weapon or an eyewitness to the shooting to corroborate the pathologist's ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
Crime Stoppers tips have helped solve hundreds of DeKalb County …
“Like anything else, once you receive information, you have to corroborate it,” he said. Rodriguez said she felt more secure after hearing Crime ... «DeKalb Daily Chronicle, Jul 15»
Dr M: I didn't work with foreign press, 1MDB shenanigans confirmed …
... his knowledge of the RM42 billion controversy came from these foreign media reports, which his local informants would later corroborate. «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
