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Ap"pro*bate (&?;), v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.

I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. Sir W. Hamilton.

This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. Pickering (1816).

Ap`pro*ba"tion (&?;), n. [L. approbatio: cf. F. approbation. See Approve to prove.] 1. Proof; attestation. [Obs.] Shak.

2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.

Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation. Macaulay.

The silent approbation of one's own breast. Melmoth.

Animals . . . love approbation or praise. Darwin.

3. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.]

This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation. Shak.

Syn. -- Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence. -- Approbation, Approval. Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. "We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences." "He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass." "The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution."

Ap"pro*ba*tive (&?;), a. [Cf. F. approbatif.] Approving, or implying approbation. Milner.

Ap"pro*ba*tive*ness, n. 1. The quality of being approbative.

2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.

Ap"pro*ba`tor (&?;), n. [L.] One who approves. [R.]

Ap"pro*ba`to*ry (&?;), a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.

Ap*promt" (?; 215), v. t. [Pref. ad- + promt.] To quicken; to prompt. [Obs.]

To appromt our invention. Bacon.

Ap*proof" (&?;), n. [See Approve, and Proof.] 1. Trial; proof. [Archaic] Shak.

2. Approval; commendation. Shak.

Ap`pro*pin"quate (&?;), v. i. [L. appropinquatus, p. p. of appropinquare; ad + prope near.] To approach. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton.

Ap`pro*pin*qua"tion (&?;), n. [L. appropinquatio.] A drawing nigh; approach. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Ap`pro*pin"qui*ty (&?;), n. [Pref. ad- + propinquity.] Nearness; propinquity. [R.] J. Gregory.

Ap*pro"pre (&?;), v. t. [OE. appropren, apropren, OF. approprier, fr. L. appropriare. See Appropriate.] To appropriate. [Obs.] Fuller.

Ap*pro"pri*a*ble (&?;), a. [See Appropriate.] Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.

Ap*pro"pri*a*ment (&?;), n. What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification. [Obs.]

If you can neglect Your own appropriaments. Ford.

Ap*pro"pri*ate (&?;), a. [L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Proper.] Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.