Approve

Quick meaning: Approve is a verb meaning (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.

Meaning

(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
2. (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
3. (intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
4. (transitive, law, 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.
5. (archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.

Example Sentences

Opportunities to approve[…]worth.

He had approved himself a great warrior.

He had long burned with impatience to approve his valour.

We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.

Word Forms

• approves
• approving
• approved
• approvest
• approvedst
• approveth
• approven

Synonyms for approve

Depending on context, synonyms include back, support, cheer, sanction, okay, ok.

Antonyms for approve

Common opposites include contradict, disapprove, oppose, reject.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ok, sanction, okay, approver, endorse, permission.

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