Definition of "approves" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve. (verb)

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• "Our common sentiment, in short, "approves" of fellow-feeling only if it has not been extorted by force."
• "The first thing this Republican legislature approves is to "cut funding for education/" The federal government cannot afford to bail this state out again."
• "I use that word satirically, so Sarah Palin approves of it."