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<h1>Approval</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*prov"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Approbation; sanction.</def>

<blockquote>A censor . . . without whose <b>approval</b> n<?/ capital sentences are to be executed. <i>Temple.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Approbation</er>.</syn>

<h1>Approvance</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*prov"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Approval.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Approve</h1> <Xpage=74>

<hw>Ap*prove"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Approved</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Approving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>aproven</ets>, <ets>appreven</ets>, to prove, OF. <ets>aprover</ets>, F. <ets>approuver</ets>, to approve, fr. L. <ets>approbare</ets>; <ets>ad + probare</ets> to esteem as good, approve, prove. See <er>Prove</er>, and cf. <er>Approbate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To show to be real or true; to prove.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Wouldst thou <b>approve</b> thy constancy? <b>Approve</b> First thy obedience. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.</def>

<blockquote>Opportunities to <b>approve</b> . . . worth. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> He had <b>approved</b> himself a great warrior. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>'T is an old lesson; Time <b>approves</b> it true. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His account . . . <b>approves</b> him a man of thought. <i>Parkman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; <as>as, to <ex>approve</ex> the decision of a court-martial</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; <as>as, we <ex>approve</ex> the measured of the administration</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.</def>

<blockquote>The first care and concern must be to <b>approve</b> himself to God. <i>Rog<?/<?/<?/.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; This word, when it signifies <i>to be pleased with</i>, <i>to think favorably</i> (<i>of</i>), is often followed by <i>of</i>.</note>

<blockquote>They had not <b>approved of</b> the deposition of James. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They <b>approved of</b> the political institutions. <i>W. Black.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Approve</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap*prove"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>aprouer</ets>; <ets><?/</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + a form apparently derived fr. the <ets>pro</ets>, <ets>prod</ets>, in L. <ets>prodest</ets> it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition <ets>pro</ets> for. Cf. <er>Improve</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.</def>

<h1>Approvedly</h1> <Xpage=75>

<hw>Ap*prov"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.</def>

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