corroborate
v[Tn]
confirm or give support to (a statement, belief, theory, etc) 证实, 支持(某种说法、 信仰、 理论等)
Experiments have corroborated her predictions. 实验证实了她的预言.
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.