approver
Americannoun
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a person who validates, agrees to, or judges favorably.
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Old English Law. an accomplice to a felony who confesses guilt and gives evidence against their confederates.
Etymology
Origin of approver
First recorded in 1300–50; approve + -er 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“When they are the approver and the appeals court, if they say no, we can’t go to a different app store to get to our customers,” she continued.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2022
They also arrested a man who had helped him procure the snakes - he later turned "approver" and helped police piece together the case.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2021
He is, you know, an enthusiastic Republican and patriot and a warm approver of the late war, but an amiable, excellent man.
From Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese) Morse
I do not wish to pose either as a humbugging approver or as a sulky disapprover.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley
The word 'approver' stuck in my gorge, as used by the Lord Chief Justice; for we looked upon an approver as a very low thing indeed.
From Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
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