definitions

approbative

[ ap-ruh-bey-tiv, uh-proh-buh- ]
/ ˈæp rəˌbeɪ tɪv, əˈproʊ bə- /
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adjective

approving; expressing approbation.

RELATED WORDS

appreciative, congratulatory, respectful, polite, sympathetic, positive, encouraging, benign, agreeable, supportive, flattering, acclamatory, approbatory, commendatory, adulatory, encomiastic, eulogistic, laudative, panegyrical, praiseful

Nearby words

approach light, approach shot, approachable, approbate, approbation, approbative, appropriable, appropriacy, appropriate, appropriation, approvable
Also ap·pro·ba·to·ry [uh-proh-buh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /əˈproʊ bəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of approbative

From the Medieval Latin word approbātīvus, dating back to 1605–15. See approbate, -ive

Related forms

ap·pro·ba·tive·ness, nounsub·ap·pro·ba·tive, adjectivesub·ap·pro·ba·tive·ness, nounsub·ap·pro·ba·to·ry, adjective
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Examples from the Web for approbative

  • A small victory thus won acts on them like the good dinner to the Alimentive man, or flattery to the Approbative person.

    The Psychology of Salesmanship|William Walker Atkinson

  • And the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride.

    Almayer's Folly|Joseph Conrad