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Dictionary: ap·pro·bate   (ăp'rə-bāt') pronunciation
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tr.v., -bat·ed, -bat·ing, -bates.
To sanction officially; authorize.

[Middle English approbaten, from Latin approbāre, approbāt-, to approve. See approve.]

approbative ap'pro·ba'tive or ap·pro'ba·to'ry (ə-prō'bə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

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verb

    To give one's consent to: allow, approve, authorize, consent, endorse, let, permit, sanction. Informal OK. See allow/prevent.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: approve or sanction officially

Meaning #2: accept as valid, as of documents
  Antonym: reprobate (meaning #1)

 
 
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