APPROVE
\ɐpɹˈuːv], \ɐpɹˈuːv], \ɐ_p_ɹ_ˈuː_v]\
Definitions of APPROVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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To show to be real or true; to prove.
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To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
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To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
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To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
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To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
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To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; - said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
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To show to be real or true; to prove.
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To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
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To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
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To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
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To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
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To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; - said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
By Noah Webster.
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To test; ratify; pronounce good; be pleased or satisfied with; commend.
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To express satisfaction with: followed by of.
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Approving.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To regard as worthy; commend; sanction.
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To show (oneself) worthy.
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To prove by trial; test.
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To think with favor; often with of.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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