corroborate
121bear out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. confirm, substantiate, support; see prove . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To assure the certainty or validity of: attest, authenticate, back (up), confirm, corroborate, evidence, justify, substantiate, testify (to),… …
122Assent — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Assent >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 assent assent assentment Sgm: N 1 acquiescence acquiescence admission Sgm: N 1 nod nod Sgm: N 1 accord accord concord concordance Sgm: N …
123robust — [16] By a series of semantic twists, robust is related to red. It comes ultimately from Indo European *reudh ‘red’ (source of English red). This produced Latin rōbus, which was applied to rock 428 a particular sort of oak tree with reddish wood.… …
124corroboration — mid 15c., strengthening, support, from L.L. corroborationem (nom. corroboratio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. corroborare to strengthen (see CORROBORATE (Cf. corroborate)). Meaning confirmation attested by 1768 …
125robust — [16] By a series of semantic twists, robust is related to red. It comes ultimately from Indo European *reudh ‘red’ (source of English red). This produced Latin rōbus, which was applied to a particular sort of oak tree with reddish wood. The oak… …
126con|firm´er — con|firm «kuhn FURM», transitive verb. 1. to prove to be true or correct; make certain: »The rumor that there was flooding was confirmed by a news broadcast. 2. to make more certain by putting in writing, by consent, or by encouragement: »He sent …
127con|firm´a|ble — con|firm «kuhn FURM», transitive verb. 1. to prove to be true or correct; make certain: »The rumor that there was flooding was confirmed by a news broadcast. 2. to make more certain by putting in writing, by consent, or by encouragement: »He sent …
128con|firm — «kuhn FURM», transitive verb. 1. to prove to be true or correct; make certain: »The rumor that there was flooding was confirmed by a news broadcast. 2. to make more certain by putting in writing, by consent, or by encouragement: »He sent the… …
