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Approbate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To sanction officially; authorize.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To give official sanction, consent or authorization

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Approved.

v. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

. Approved. Sir T. Elyot.

In Scots law, accepted. See the verb.

To express approbation of; manifest a liking for or degree of satisfaction in; express approbation of officially, as of a person's fitness for a public office or employment; approve; pass.

To license: as, to approbate a person to preach; to approbate a man to keep a hotel or other public house.

In Scots law, to approve or assent to as valid: chiefly in the following phrase.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. approve or sanction officially

v. accept (documents) as valid

Word Usage

"Travel to or visitation of the surface of Treetrunk was circumscribed but not forbidden, provided that any landing parties first obtained approbate clearance from the military authorities on board the Shaka."

Verb Form

approbated approbating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

authorize clear authorise pass accept

Cross Reference

approbate and reprobate

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

approved approve admire