approve

verbB1

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verb
V_es/s
approves
V_ing/Gerund
approving
V_ed/pp
approvedno-table-tags
  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 5.

    (archaic, transitive, usually)(archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.

  6. 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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Nguồn gốc từ

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.

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