Definitions for: Approbate

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally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).

Antonyms: reprobate

See Also: accept, authorise, authorize, clear, pass

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