Approbative

Quick meaning: Approbative is an adjective meaning Expressing approval.

Meaning

Expressing approval.

More Meanings

1. Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
2. (linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.

Example Sentences

approbative criticism

[…] the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride.

His late Display of unparralled [sic] Generosity to a distressed, though reputable Family, will be enrolled in the Court above; and from the recording Angel, instead of a Tear, extort an approbative smile.

And if the words have any graine of truth in them, they must be undestood [sic] not of an Authorative, but onely of a Consultive Power to advise him, or at the most approbative, to give their assent to Laws propounded, he having limited himselfe to make no Laws without them.

Word Forms

• approbatives

Synonyms for approbative

Depending on context, synonyms include approbatory, approving, favorable, favourable.

Antonyms for approbative

Common opposites include disapproving, pejorative, reprobative, reprobatory.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include approbatory, approving, favourable, favorable, approved, approvable.

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