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Definition of Corroborant
1. Adjective. Used of a medicine that is strengthening.
Language type: Archaicism, Archaism
Similar to: Invigorating
Definition of Corroborant
1. a. Strengthening; supporting; corroborating.
Definition of Corroborant
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corroborant
Literary usage of Corroborant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"A plant growing in the centre tad west of Africa. The mastication of the pulp
acts as a corroborant and prevents sleep. Also called Sterculia acuminata. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Strengthening; corroborant. H. n. That which strengthens. ... That which
corroborates, (a) A medicine that strengthens ; a corroborant. ..."
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