approbate

[ ap-ruh-beyt ]
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verb (used with object),ap·pro·bat·ed, ap·pro·bat·ing.

  1. to approve officially.

Origin of approbate

1
1400–50; late Middle English <Latin approbātus approved (past participle of approbāre), equivalent to ap-ap-1 + probātus proved; see probate

Other words from approbate

  • ap·pro·ba·tor, noun

Words Nearby approbate

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How to use approbate in a sentence

  • The Stadtholder was too wary a politician to approbate immediately so sweeping a proposal, and referred it to the States-General.

  • Among the adjectives similarly preserved are to whittle, to wilt and to approbate.

    The American Language | Henry L. Mencken

  • We pick and choose, take and leave, approbate and reprobate in a breath.

    Obiter Dicta | Augustine Birrell

  • He is very liberal in politics, for he don't approbate restraint, and likes to let every critter 'go to the devil' his own way.

    The Attache | Thomas Chandler Haliburton

British Dictionary definitions for approbate

approbate

/ (ˈæprəˌbeɪt) /

verb(tr)

  1. Scots law to accept as valid

  2. approbate and reprobate Scots law to accept part of a document and reject those parts unfavourable to one's interests

  1. mainly US to sanction officially

Origin of approbate

1
C15: from Latin approbāre to approve, from probāre to test

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