approbate
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approbate
to approve officially: approbate a legal matter
Not to be confused with:
reprobate – depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person: a drug-dealing reprobate
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ap·pro·bate
(ăp′rə-bāt′)tr.v. ap·pro·bat·ed, ap·pro·bat·ing, ap·pro·bates
To sanction officially; authorize.
[Middle English approbaten, from Latin approbāre, approbāt-, to approve; see approve.]
ap′pro·ba′tive, ap·pro′ba·to′ry (ə-prō′bə-tôr′ē) adj.
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approbate
(ˈæprəˌbeɪt)vb (tr)
1. (Law) Scots law to accept as valid
2. (Law) approbate and reprobate Scots law to accept part of a document and reject those parts unfavourable to one's interests
3. chiefly US to sanction officially
[C15: from Latin approbāre to approve, from probāre to test]
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ap•pro•bate
(ˈæp rəˌbeɪt)v.t. -bat•ed, -bat•ing.
to approve; sanction.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin approbātus, past participle of approbāre to approve]
ap′pro•ba`tor, n.
ap•pro•ba•to•ry (əˈproʊ bəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.
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approbate
Past participle: approbated
Gerund: approbating
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| Verb | 1. |  approbate - approve or sanction officially |
| 2. |  approbate - accept (documents) as valid accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" reprobate - reject (documents) as invalid |
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