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approbate

[ ap-ruh-beyt ]

verb (used with object)

approbated, approbating.
  1. to approve officially.


approbate

/ ˈæəˌɪ /

verb

  1. Scots law to accept as valid
  2. approbate and reprobate
    Scots law to accept part of a document and reject those parts unfavourable to one's interests
  3. to sanction officially
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p·tǰ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of approbate1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin Dzٳܲ approved (past participle of Dz ), equivalent to ap- ap- 1 + Dzٳܲ proved; probate
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of approbate1

C15: from Latin Dz to approve, from Dz to test
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If museums are serious about globalizing their collections, it won’t do just to pick out a few Africans or Asians or Latin Americans whose art superficially resembles what the West already approbates.

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I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.

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The refined taste which approbates these qualifications is also displayed in the selection of dramas suitable for their display.

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Convictions for the forgery and theft are approbated -- the sentence for insurance fraud, however, is vacated.

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But says Vox Populi, perhaps the new plan will not have the same number to approbate it, that the constitution of this State had.

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