Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To consent to officially or formally; confirm or sanction.
- intransitive verb To consider right or good.
- intransitive verb Obsolete To prove or attest.
- intransitive verb To show, feel, or express approval.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make good; show to be real or true; prove; confirm; attest; corroborate.
- To show; prove to be; demonstrate.
- To sanction officially; ratify authoritatively: as, the decision of the court martial was approved.
- To pronounce good; think or judge well of; admit the propriety or excellence of; be pleased with; commend: as, on trial the goods were approved; to approve the policy of the administration.
- To manifest as worthy of approval; commend: used reflexively.
- To put to the test; prove by trial; try.
- Hence—. To convict upon trial or by proof.
- . To show itself to be; prove or turn out.
- To think or judge well or favorably; be pleased: usually with of.
- In law, to turn to one's own profit; augment the value or profits of, as of waste land, by inclosing and cultivating; improve.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Eng. Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
- transitive verb obsolete To show to be real or true; to prove.
- transitive verb To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
- transitive verb To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.
- transitive verb To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
- transitive verb To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive 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.
- verb transitive To
sanction officially; toratify ; toconfirm . - verb transitive To
regard asgood ; tocommend ; to bepleased with; to think well of. - verb transitive To make
proof of; todemonstrate ; toprove orshow practically . - verb intransitive To consider or show to be
worthy ofapprobation oracceptance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give sanction to
- verb judge to be right or commendable; think well of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Digital Point Forums 2009
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The Department of Agriculture unveiled controversial plans to again approve genetically modified sugar beets in time for planting next year, a move that would nullify a federal court ruling in August that invalidated the original approval issued by the USDA five years ago.
World Watch 2010
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The reason this poll shows only 42% approve, is that many wanted MORE from this bill (public option, etc.)
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If such authority to approve is actually necessary, this authority properly rests with the present National Book Development Board (NBDB) and its Directorate.
On the Great Book Blockade of 2009 (Updated 7 May) (with BDAP Paper) « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled Tuesday controversial plans to again approve genetically modified sugar beets in time for planting next year, a move that would nullify a federal court ruling in August that invalidated the original approval issued by the USDA five years ago.
USDA Seeking Approval of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets Bill Tomson 2010
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So what is Newt & Palin approve of President Obama's speech?
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Those with a brain approve and support it, and those without well they really aren't sure what they think.
CNN Poll: Americans divided on President's health care plans 2009
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A variation I tried, and probably one that your doctor would not approve, is to slightly heat two stroopwafels and put a very high quality vanilla ice cream between them.
tingilinde: 2008
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