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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Approbate

Ăp'pro-bate, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. approbatus, p. p. of approbare, to approve, q. v.] Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.

Ap'pro-bāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [See APPROVE.] To express approbation of; to manifest a liking, or degree of satisfaction. [Rare.]

I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. Sir Wm. Hamilton.

This word, though rarely employed by English writers, is occasionally used in America, but chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. Pickering.