Both Uses of
corroborate
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Mr. Cruncher had no particular meaning in these sulky corroborations, but made use of them, as people not unfrequently do, to express general ironical dissatisfaction.†
Chpt 2.14
- At last, when he appealed by name to Monsieur Lorry, an English gentleman then and there present, who, like himself, had been a witness on that English trial and could corroborate his account of it, the Jury declared that they had heard enough, and that they were ready with their votes if the President were content to receive them.†
Chpt 3.6 *
Definition:
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(corroborate) to support an opinion -- typically with additional evidence or testimony