Meaning of APPROBATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'apru`beyt
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- [v] accept as valid, as of documents
- [v] approve or sanction officially
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| | Antonyms: | | reprobate | | |
| | See Also: | | accept, authorise, authorize, clear, pass | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ap"pro*bate\, a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare
to approve.]
Approved. [Obs.] --Elyot.
\Ap"pro*bate\, v. t.
To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction
officially.
I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally
heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical
sense for license; as, a person is approbated to
preach; approbated to keep a public house. --Pickering
(1816).
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