Part 577

<h1>Approbate</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap"pro*bate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>approbate</b> the one, I reprobate the other. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for <i>license</i>; as, a person is <i>approbated</i> to preach; <i>approbated</i> to keep a public house.</note>

<i>Pickering (1816).</i>

<h1>Approbation</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap`pro*ba"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>approbatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>approbation</ets>. See <er>Approve</er> to prove.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Proof; attestation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.</def>

<blockquote>Many . . . joined in a loud hum of <b>approbation</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The silent <b>approbation</b> of one's own breast. <i>Melmoth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Animals . . . love <b>approbation</b> or praise. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Probation or novitiate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her <b>approbation</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Approbation</er>, <er>Approval</er>. <i>Approbation</i> and <i>approval</i> have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but <i>approbation</i> is stronger and more positive. "We may be anxious for the <i>approbation</i> of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the <i>approval</i> of our own consciences." "He who is desirous to obtain universal <i>approbation</i> 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 <i>approval</i> of its plan and execution."</usage>

<h1>Approbative</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap"pro*ba*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>approbatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Approving, or implying approbation.</def>

<i>Milner.</i>

<h1>Approbativeness</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap"pro*ba*tive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being approbative.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>Love of approbation.</def>

<h1>Approbator</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap"pro*ba`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who approves.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Approbatory</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap"pro*ba`to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.</def>

<i>Sheldon.</i>

<h1>Appromt</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*promt"</hw> <tt>(?; 215)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ad-</ets> + <ets>promt</ets>.]</ety> <def>To quicken; to prompt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>