Approbate
Pronunciation : Ap"pro*bate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.]
Definition : Defn: Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ap"pro*bate
Part of Speech : v. t.
Definition : Defn: To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially. I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. Sir W. Hamilton.
Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep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).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913