corroborare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- corroborate verb To support or confirm a claim with additional evidence.
- credit noun Recognition or praise given for something a person has done.
- strengthen verb To make something stronger, more solid, or more effective.
Senses
corroborare is used for these senses in English:
- buttress (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
- credit (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.
- credit (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
- strengthen (transitive) To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
buttress — full definition
- noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- noun A buttress root.
- noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.