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APPROBATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they approbate ... he / she / it approbates
Past simple: approbated
Past participle: approbated
-ing form: approbating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accept (documents) as valid
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "approbate" is one way to...):
accept (consider or hold as true)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
reprobate (reject (documents) as invalid)
Derivation:
approbation (official recognition or approval)
approbation (official approval)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Approve or sanction officially
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "approbate" is one way to...):
authorise; authorize; clear; pass (grant authorization or clearance for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
approbation (official recognition or approval)
approbation (official approval)
approval (the formal act of approving)
approval (a message expressing a favorable opinion)
approval (acceptance as satisfactory)
