APPROBATE

approbate

(verb) accept (documents) as valid

approbate

(verb) approve or sanction officially

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

approbate (comparative more approbate, superlative most approbate)

approved

Verb

approbate (third-person singular simple present approbates, present participle approbating, simple past and past participle approbated)

(transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ap"pro*bate, a. Etym: [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.]

Definition: Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.

Ap"pro*bate, v. t.

Definition: 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Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep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).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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