Definition of "approve"
- verb
To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
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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