different between corroborate vs assure

English

Etymology

From Latin corr?bor?tus (“strengthened”), perfect passive participle of corr?bor? (“I support, corroborate”), from com- (“together”) + r?bor? (“I strengthen”), from r?bur (“strength”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k????b??e??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k????b??e??t/

Verb

corroborate (third-person singular simple present corroborates, present participle corroborating, simple past and past participle corroborated)

1. (transitive) To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
   • I. Taylor

     The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth.

2. (transitive) To make strong; to strengthen.
   • I. Watts

     As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• corroborate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• corroborate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• corroborate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

corroborate

1. second-person plural present indicative of corroborare
2. second-person plural imperative of corroborare
3. feminine plural of corroborato

Latin

Verb

corr?bor?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of corr?bor?

English

Etymology

From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????/, /?????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????/, /????/
• Homophone: ashore
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

assure (third-person singular simple present assures, present participle assuring, simple past and past participle assured)

1. (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
2. (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).

   I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.

   He assured of his commitment to her happiness.

3. (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:

     That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.

4. (transitive) To reassure.

Related terms

• assurance
• reassure

Translations

See also

• ensure
• insure

Anagrams

• Sauers, Sauser

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -y?

Verb

assure

1. first-person singular present indicative of assurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of assurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of assurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of assurer
5. second-person singular imperative of assurer

Anagrams

• ruasse, sueras, useras