homologate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to approve; confirm or ratify.
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to register (a specific make of automobile in general production) so as to make it eligible for international racing competition.
verb
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Scots law to approve or ratify (a deed or contract, esp one that is defective)
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law to confirm (a proceeding, etc)
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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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Etymology
Origin of homologate
1635–45; < Medieval Latin homologātus (past participle of homologāre < Greek homologeîn to agree to, allow); see -ate 1
Example Sentences
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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
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 Neil Munro
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 Robert Louis Stevenson
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 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
It is not a mere resemblance that should homologate different things; there should be a specific character in every thing that is to be generalised.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by James Hutton
Garella would also become Project Manager for the company’s associated racing program, designing the P4/5 Competizione, which was built on a Ferrari F430 Scuderia and homologated to race in the Nurburgring 24 Hours.
From The Verge ● Apr. 6, 2016
Here again the alpine lime-stones, which, according to the present naturalists, should be primitive, are plainly homologated in their origin with strata formed of sand.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) by James Hutton
Our Church has homologated at least the general principle of the civil magistrate’s right and duty, by becoming the recipient of his educational grant.
From Leading Articles on Various Subjects by John Davidson
He homologated the protests which his brother laid on the table of the assembly after being rebuked for his synod sermon, but he did not formally withdraw from the establishment till 1737.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
The congress not only homologated his proposals, but carried them further, by abolishing the episcopal hierarchy and assigning its revenues to the national exchequer, for education.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
But "the homologating of new suppliers for specific components and the build-up of production would take several months", while stocks of Nexperia chips are predicted to last only a few weeks, it added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
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