approve
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.
- 2.
(transitive)To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.
- 3.
(archaic, transitive)To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
1812–1818, Lord Byron, Child Harolde's Piligrimage 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
- 4.
(intransitive)(intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.
Đồng nghĩa: cheer
- 5.
(archaic, transitive, usually)(archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
- 6.
(English, transitive)(transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
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From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (to approve), from Latin approbō, from ad + probō (to esteem as good, approve, prove). approbate. ad- prove.