approver

American  

[uh-proo-ver] / əˈpru vər /

noun

1. a person who validates, agrees to, or judges favorably.

2. Old English Law. an accomplice to a felony who confesses guilt and gives evidence against their confederates.

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Etymology

Origin of approver

First recorded in 1300–50; approve + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

“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

ATHENIAN: And is any harm done to the lover of vicious dances or songs, or any good done to the approver of the opposite sort of pleasure?

From Laws by Jowett, Benjamin

Shakespeare is no comfortable theorist, no respecter of orthodox doctrine, no smooth-tongued approver of fashionable dogma.

From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Lee, Sidney, Sir

Faithless alike to his people and to his tools, the King did not scruple to play the part of the cowardly approver, who hangs his accomplice.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron