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verb

Approve v. t. (past & past part. approved; pres. part. approving)

To show to be real or true; to prove. (Obs.) "Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve First thy obedience."

To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. "Opportunities to approve... worth." " He had approved himself a great warrior." "'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true." "His account... approves him a man of thought."

To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.

To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.

To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. "The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God." Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of. "They had not approved of the deposition of James." "They approved of the political institutions."

Approve v. t. (Eng. Law) 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.

adjective

Approving adj. Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.

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"Approving" Quotes from Famous Books

... the rope, and put it in the wagon, and the boys noted the approving manner of the Professor ...

— The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen • Roger Finlay

... slavers, with their arrowy hulls and raking masts, got complete possession of my fancy. There was hardly a day that I did not come home with a discovery of added charms. Signor Carlo listened in silence and nodded his head, when I was done, with an approving smile and ...

— Captain Canot - or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver • Brantz Mayer

... in lightly, knelt on the cushions, and dipped their paddles in the water. The craft shot away from the landing amid the approving remarks of the bystanders. The twins certainly did manage their canoe in ...

— The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna - or, The Crew That Won • Gertrude W. Morrison

... first defining the nations and leaving to chance the resources of the beaten peoples and their populations. The day, however, on which all the peoples are represented in the League, the United States, without approving the treaties of Versailles, St. Germain or Trianon, etc., will feel the need of abandoning their isolation, which is harmful for them and places them in a position of inferiority. And the day when all the peoples of ...

— Peaceless Europe • Francesco Saverio Nitti

... condition of the little chamber and its stock of provisions and necessaries, and withdrew presently, to reappear as noiselessly with a tin bucket of water. This done he replenished the little pile of fuel with an armful of bark and pine cones, cast an approving glance about him, which included ...

— Frontier Stories • Bret Harte

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