Cor*rob"o*ra*tive (k?r-r?b"?-r?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. corroboratif.] Tending to strengthen of confirm.
Cor*rob"o*ra*tive, n. A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. Wiseman.
Cor*rob"o*ra*to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.
Cor*rode" (k?r-r?d") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroding.] [L. corrodere, - rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent.]
1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution.
Boyle.