approves
/əˈpɹuːvz/ · verb
Meaning
- To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
- 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.
- (followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
- To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
- (English law) 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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