approbate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Scots law to accept as valid
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Scots law to accept part of a document and reject those parts unfavourable to one's interests
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to sanction officially
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of approbate
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin approbātus approved (past participle of approbāre ), equivalent to ap- ap- 1 + probātus proved; see probate
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Not that he would approbate the system of slavery; for he was, and in fact had been through life, its most determined foe.
From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry
Then if cunning Latin books were translate Into English, well correct and approbate, All subtle science in English might be learned, As well as other people in their own tongues did.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
Aceldama A place with dreadful associations. animadversion Strong criticism. approbate Sanction officially; authorize. arbitrament Arbitrating; arbitration.
From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry
Alan?' said my father—'Would you approbate and reprobate, sir?
From Redgauntlet by Scott, Walter, Sir
The Stadtholder was too wary a politician to approbate immediately so sweeping a proposal, and referred it to the States-General.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter
His course at the Divinity School in Cambridge was much broken; nevertheless, in October, 1826, he was "approbated to preach" by the Middlesex Association of Ministers.
From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The students used to speak of having their performances approbated by the instructors.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
"I guess that 'ere chap has cut his eye-teeth," said the President; "let him pass as approbated."
From The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
He was accordingly "approbated to preach" by the Middlesex Association of Ministers on October 10, 1826.
From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Turpin, Edna Henry Lee
If what you have stated, had been even approbated in Oct.
From A Vindication of the Seventh-Day Sabbath and the Commandments of God With a Further History of God's Peculiar People from 1847-1848 by Bates, Joseph
From involuntary comparison of the representative feeling of the spectator with its original in the person observed arises an agreeable or disagreeable feeling of judgment, a judgment of value, approbating or rejecting the latter.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard
The intrepid and energetic officer who had planned and executed this scheme of western exploration gave me a copy of his official letter to the Secretary of War, warmly approbating the conduct of Capt.
From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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