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Approbate

Approbate Meaning & Definition
Approbate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Approbate?

[v] accept as valid, as of documents
[v] approve or sanction officially

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See Also | accept | authorise | authorize | clear | pass

Approbate In Webster's Dictionary

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 Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep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