approbate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ap"pro*bate adjective

Etymology

L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.

Definitions

1. Approved. Obs. Elyot.

Ap"pro*bate transitive verb

Definitions

1. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.

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

   ✍ This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. Pickering (1816).