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a. [ L. corroborans, p. pr. See Corroborate. ] Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon. -- n. Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corroborated p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating ] [ L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust. ] 1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corroborated. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. supported or established by evidence or proof; as, corroborated testimony is especially convincing.
Syn. -- substantiated, verified. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. corroboration. ] 1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which corroborates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. corroboratif. ] Tending to strengthen of confirm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also corrobboree, corrobori, etc. ] [ Native name. ] 1. A nocturnal festivity with which the Australian aborigines celebrate tribal events of importance. Symbolic dances are given by the young men of the tribe, while the women act as musicians. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A song or chant made for such a festivity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A festivity or social gathering, esp. one of a noisy or uproarious character; hence, tumult; uproar. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. & v. See Corroboree. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ L. myrobalanum the fruit of a palm tree from which a balsam was made, Gr. myroba`lanos; my`ron any sweet juice distilling from plants, any prepared unguent or sweet oil + ba`lanos an acorn or any similar fruit: cf. F. myrobolan. ] A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Proboscis. ] (Zool.) Having a proboscis; proboscidial. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Proboscis. ] (Zool.) An order of large mammals including the elephants and mastodons. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Proboscidian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Proboscidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Proboscidea. -- n. One of the Proboscidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Proboscis, and -ferous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) An extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A subdivision of the tænioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Proboscides [ L. fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; before + &unr_; to feed, graze. ] 1. (Zool.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The proboscis of an elephant is a flexible muscular elongation of the nose. The proboscis of insects is usually a chitinous tube formed by the modified maxillæ, or by the labium. See Illusts. of Hemiptera and Lepidoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) By extension, applied to various tubelike mouth organs of the lower animals that can be everted or protruded. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The proboscis of annelids and of mollusks is usually a portion of the pharynx that can be everted or protruded. That of nemerteans is a special long internal organ, not connected with the mouth, and not used in feeding, but capable of being protruded from a pore in the head. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The nose. [ Jocose ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Proboscis monkey. (Zool.) See Kahau. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of pyroboric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pyro- + boric. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to derived from, or designating, an acid, H2B4O7 (called also tetraboric acid), which is the acid ingredient of ordinary borax, and is obtained by heating boric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. roborans, p. pr. See Roborate. ] Strengthening. -- n. (Med.) A strengthening medicine; a tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. roboratus, p. pr. of roborare to strengthen, fr. robur, roboris, strength. ] To give strength or support to; to confirm. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. roboratio. ] The act of strengthening. [ Obs. ] Coles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. roboreus. ] Made of oak. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) A combination of spectroscope and bolometer for determining the distribution of energy in a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*bo`lo*met"ric a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]