homologate

American  

[huh-mol-uh-geyt, hoh-] / həˈmɒl əˌgeɪt, hoʊ- /

verb (used with object)

homologated, homologating

1. to approve; confirm or ratify.

2. to register (a specific make of automobile in general production) so as to make it eligible for international racing competition.

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homologate British  

/ hɒˈmɒləˌɡeɪt /

verb

1. Scots law to approve or ratify (a deed or contract, esp one that is defective)

2. law to confirm (a proceeding, etc)

3. to recognize (a particular type of car or car component) as a production model or component rather than a prototype, as in making it eligible for a motor race

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Other Word Forms

• homologation noun

Etymology

Origin of homologate

1635–45; < Medieval Latin homologātus (past participle of homologāre < Greek homologeîn to agree to, allow); see -ate ¹

Example Sentences

We can't homologate a lightweight chassis and bring it because it is $2m we would be over the cap.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2022

Take it, keep it for me, squander it on deleterious candy, throw it in the deepest of the river—I will homologate your action. 

From Merry Men by Stevenson, Robert Louis

In cases of emergency these limits have been disregarded, and Parliament subsequently asked to homologate the action by granting an indemnity to those concerned.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

She tapped with a tiny toe on the pebbles, affecting a choler the twinkle in her eyes did not homologate.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil

Indeed, Paris learned the lesson of power so well, that it became her settled conviction that what she did to-day France would homologate to-morrow.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)