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approve Definition


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approve
verb approved, approving
    1. To agree to or permit.
      Thesaurus: affirm, support, encourage, ratify, endorse, confirm, sanction, consent to, agree to, assent to, OK, give one's blessing, give the green light (slang); Antonym: oppose, reject, veto.
    intr
    2. To be pleased with or think well of them or it.
      Thesaurus: favour, recommend, praise, acclaim, applaud; Antonym: frown on.
      Form: approve of someone
      Form: approve of something
Derivative: approving
adj
    Derivative: approvingly
    adverb
      Etymology: 14c: from Latin approbare to approve of.



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