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to support what someone says by giving information or evidence that agrees with them in English:

1. corroborate corroborate


A witness corroborated his account of the accident.
Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth.
That being the case, instead of elaborating on these two reports, I should like to say a few words to corroborate the arguments behind them.