corroborative en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English corroborate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English corroborative From corroborate + -ive.
Meanings
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Serving to corroborate
Carrie Junkin, who lived with Appleby from the summer of 1977 through April 1978, and who was involved in numerous trips to New York to pick up leather men, is not under indictment for his participation in any of these activities. Nor was he even called as a corroborative witness by the state.
1980 February 9, Mitzel, “Appleby is Back In Court Again”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more corroborative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most corroborative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
noncorroborative · uncorroborative · corroboratively
Translations (2)
pt corroborante (serving to corroborate) · pt corroborativo (serving to corroborate)