corroborant
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Anything that gives strength or support; a tonic.
— The sensible qualities of argentina promise no great virtue of this kind; for to the taste it discovers only a slight roughishness, from whence it may be presumed to be entitled to a place only among the milder corroborants.
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Something that corroborates.
— As a scrupulous and faithful antiquary, Morales was accustomed to require evidence, and to investigate it; and for these he could find no other testimony than tradition and antiquity, which, as presumptive proofs, were strong corroborants of faith, but did not suffice of themselves.
形容词 adj.
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strengthening; supporting; corroborating
— a tonic has a corroborant effect
词源
词源 1
From Latin corroborans. See corroborate.
词源 2
From Latin corroborans. See corroborate.
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