Corroborant

Origin

Latin corroborans, present participle. See corroborate.

Full definition of corroborant

Adjective

1. strengthening; supporting; corroborating

Noun

1. Anything that gives strength or support; a tonic.
• 1778, William Lewis, The New Dispensatory (page 91)The sensible qualities of argentina promise no great virtue of this kind; for to the taste it discovers only a slight roughishness, from whence it may be presumed to be entitled to a place only among the milder corroborants.
• SoutheyThe brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odours and with music.