approbate

[ ap-ruh-beyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ap·pro·bat·ed, ap·pro·bat·ing.

1. to approve officially.

approbate

/ ˈæprəˌbeɪt /

verb

1. Scots law to accept as valid
2. approbate and reprobate
   Scots law to accept part of a document and reject those parts unfavourable to one's interests
3. to sanction officially

Other Words From

• appro·bator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of approbate¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin approbātus approved (past participle of approbāre ), equivalent to ap- ap- ¹ + probātus proved; probate

Word History and Origins

Origin of approbate¹

C15: from Latin approbāre to approve, from probāre to test

Example Sentences

I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, in Lincoln's patience there is explicit recognition and confession of his own complicity with all the land, in the wrong to slaves, and of his own and all the land's delinquency before the Lord, in failure to discern and approbate the divine designs.

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It would seem that double tolls had been demanded on certain days; and in 1783, when the names of the ferrymen were presented to the town for approval, it was agreed, on their not taking double ferriage on those days, and their faithful promise to the same, to approbate them.

From Project Gutenberg

Ap′probatory, Ap′probative, of or belonging to one who approves.—To approbate and reprobate, a phrase in Scotch law which means that no one can be permitted to accept and reject the same deed or instrument, analogous in the law of England to Election.

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But says Vox Populi, perhaps the new plan will not have the same number to approbate it, that the constitution of this State had.

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