Part 2451

<hw>Cor`ri*va"tion</hw> <tt>(-v?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corrivatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The flowing of different streams into one.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Corroborant</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rob"o*rant</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?b"?-r<it>a</it>nt)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corroborans</ets>, p. pr. See <er>Corroborate</er>.]</ety> <def>Strengthening; supporting; corroborating.</def> <i>Bacon</i>. -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic.</def></def2>

<blockquote>The brain, with its proper <b>corroborants</b>, especially with sweet odors and with music. <i>Southey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Corroborate</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rob"o*rate</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?b"?-r?t)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Corroborated</er> <tt>(-r?`t?d)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Corroborating</er> <tt>(-r?`t?ng)</tt>. ]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>corroboratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>corroborare</ets> to corroborate; <ets>cor-</ets> + <ets>roborare</ets> to strengthen, <ets>robur</ets> strength. See <er>Robust</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are <b>corroborated</b> thereby. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.</def>

<blockquote>The concurrence of all <b>corroborates</b> the same truth. <i>I. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Corroborate</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rob"o*rate</hw> <tt>(-r?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Corroborated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Corroboration</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rob`o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?b`?-r?"sh?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>corroboration</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; <as>as, the <ex>corroboration</ex> of an argument, or of information</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which corroborates.</def>

<h1>Corroborative</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rob"o*ra*tive</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?b"?-r?-t?v)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>corroboratif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Tending to strengthen of confirm.</def>

<h1>Corroborative</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rob"o*ra*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Corroboratory</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rob"o*ra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(-t?-r?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to strengthen; corroborative; <as>as, <ex>corroboratory</ex> facts</as>.</def>

<h1>Corrode</h1> <Xpage=327>

<hw>Cor*rode"</hw> <tt>(k?r-r?d")</tt> <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Corroded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Corroding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>corrodere</ets>, <ets>-rosum</ets>; <ets>cor + rodere</ets> to gnaw: cf. F. <ets>corroder</ets>. See <er>Rodent</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.</def>

<blockquote>Aqua fortis <b>corroding</b> copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.</def>