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/kəɹˈɒbɹətˌɪv/
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[ US /kɝˈɑbɝəˌtɪv, kɝˈɑbɹəˌtɪv/ ]
[ US /kɝˈɑbɝəˌtɪv, kɝˈɑbɹəˌtɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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serving to support or corroborate
collateral evidence
How To Use corroborative In A Sentence
- It's only what my dad would call corroborative evidence, or proof, "remarked William; whose father, although a blacksmith, was considered one of the best read men in Stanhope, and able to argue with The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain
- I like kindness of stonechats, and when I searched YouTube for corroborative material, the first two videos I watched seem to testify to the kindness of stonechats! Ducks, dragons, and dictionaries
- Martin went on into a thorough study of evolution, mastering more and more the subject himself, and being convinced by the corroborative testimony of a thousand independent writers. Chapter 13
- Her sister took possession of me, and of her papers, and the wedding-ring -- now in the custody of Dettermain and Newson -- together with the portraits of both my parents; and she, poor soul, to sustain me, as I verily believe -- she had a great idea of my never asking unprofitably for anything in life -- bartered the most corroborative of the testificatory documents, which would now make the establishment of my case a comparatively light task. The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6
- Now, another problem with that paragraph is that it seeks to deal in a compendious manner with disparate kinds of corroborative evidence.
- I verily believe -- she had a great idea of my never asking unprofitably for anything in life -- bartered the most corroborative of the testificatory documents, which would now make the establishment of my case a comparatively light task. The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete
- As mythmakers they play with the idea of rewriting history, constructing artifacts - specimens from antiquity, or from a fantastic future - that become corroborative evidence to a fictional history of their own making. Kiša Lala: Mythographers: Recalling The Future, Foretelling The Past
- In fact, in some cases corroborative evidence serves as the retrieval cue for the repressed memory.
- They convicted the wrong man on the basis of a signed confession with no corroborative evidence.
- All too rarely is corroborative material offered in support.