corroborative

English

Etymology

From corroborate +‎ -ive.

Adjective

corroborative (comparative more corroborative, superlative most corroborative)

1. Serving to corroborate
   • 1980 February 9, Mitzel, “Appleby is Back In Court Again”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 6:

     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.

Derived terms

• corroboratively
• noncorroborative
• uncorroborative

Translations

serving to corroborate

Portuguese: corroborativo (pt), corroborante (pt)

Noun

corroborative (plural corroboratives)

1. (dated) a medical tonic; a corroborant