Literary notes about corroborate (AI summary)
The term "corroborate" in literature is often employed to underscore the act of confirming or reinforcing a claim or observation with additional evidence. In narrative contexts, it can describe a character’s action or demeanor that lends credibility to a particular assertion—for instance, when a character’s conduct subtly supports their version of events [1], or when physical evidence is marshaled to validate a claim [2], [3]. In more analytical or philosophical texts, the word regularly functions to fortify logical arguments by referring to verification of theories or hypotheses [4], [5], and it even finds use in dramatizing testimonial or circumstantial support within historical and forensic narratives [6], [7]. Overall, "corroborate" is a versatile term that enriches literary discourse by bridging abstract ideas and concrete facts through the process of validation [8], [9].
- There on her knees, trembling seized her, and she hugged herself against it, leaning forward to corroborate her gaze.
— from The Best Short Stories of 1917, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story - And in this letter you certainly have a very strong piece of evidence to corroborate your view.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - Then Badrul Beg had the iron trunks brought forward to corroborate him, that he might see with his own eyes the stones of the celestial slingers.
— from Tales From Jókai by Mór Jókai - The results of the action corroborate or refute the idea from which it flowed.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James - It must lean on its own vitality; to sanction reason there is only reason, and to corroborate sense there is nothing but sense.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - There are many physical as well as moral facts which corroborate this opinion, and some few that would seem to weigh against it.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper - It is a large supposition; for discreet inquiry among servants and others has failed to corroborate it in any way.
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle - These views strongly corroborate our paper on chaos .]
— from The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World
Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical Religion by Thomas Wood - — I CORROBORATE Mr. DICK, AND CHOOSE A PROFESSION CHAPTER 24.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens