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What is "approbate"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Approbate

Approbate \Ap"pro*bate\, a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.] Approved. [Obs.]
--Elyot.

Approbate

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Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep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

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
approbate

late 15c., from Latin approbatus, past participle of approbare "to assent to (as good), favor" (see approve). Related: Approbated; approbating.\n

Wiktionary
approbate

  1. approved v

  2. To give official sanction, consent or authorization

WordNet
approbate

  1. v. approve or sanction officially

  2. accept (documents) as valid [ant: reprobate]

Usage examples of "approbate".

Travel to or visitation of the surface of Treetrunk was circumscribed but not forbidden, provided that any landing parties first obtained approbate clearance from the military authorities on board the Shaka.