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Definition of "approbate" []

  • To sanction officially; authorize. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "approbate" in a sentence
  • "I verily believe that the Lord will approbate our actions, unless we do something to incur his displeasure which I hope we will not do."
  • "It seems that Providence did not approbate their actions."
  • "Travel to or visitation of the surface of Treetrunk was circumscribed but not forbidden, provided that any landing parties first obtained approbate clearance from the military authorities on board the Shaka."