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[Prob. orig. rob - of - Davy, 'Davy's syrup' (see rob2); Davy being a familiar term for a Welsh man, and metheglin a Welsh name for mead.] Metheglin. Sherry, nor Rob -o- Davy here could flow, The French frontiniacke, claret, red nor white, Graves nor high-country, could our hearts delight. Taylor's Works (1630). ( Nares .) roborant (rob'ō-rant), a . and n . [ F.roborant = Sp. Pg. It. roborante , roboran ( t- ) s , ppr. of rob or are , strengthen: see roborate .] I. a. Tonic; strengthening. II. n. A medicine that strengthens; a tonic. roboratet (rob'ō-rāt), v . t . [ rob or at us , pp. of rob or are, strengthen (> It. rob or are = Sp. Pg . roborar = OF. roberer ), robur ( rob or- ), strength: see robust . Cf.corroborate .] To give strength to; strengthen; confirm; establish. This Bull also relateth to ancient priviledges of popes and princes, bestowed upon her; which herein are robo rated and confirmed. strengthen Fuller, Hist. of Cambridge Univ., ii. 37.