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▪ I. † ˈapprobate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. approbāt-us, pa. pple. of approbā-re to assent to as good, f. ap- = ad- to + probā-re to try the goodness of, f. prob-us good.]
Approved formally or expressly; particularly by some competent authority. (Used after formation of vb. approbate as its pa. pple.)
c1430Lydg. Bochas viii. xii. (1554) 183 b, That he in his estate By the Pope afore be approbate. 1547Boorde Dyetary xvi. (1870) 272 Galen, with other auncyent and approbat doctours. 1577Holinshed Chron. III. 924/2 Decrees..which by long custome hath beene receiued and approbate.
▪ II. approbate, v.|ˈæprəbeɪt|
[f. prec.]
1. To approve expressly or formally; to express approbation of, sanction authoritatively. Obs. in England since 17th c., but preserved in U.S., and often used as simply = approve.
1470Harding Chron. cvi, As Flores saieth, and hath it approbate. 1528Roy Satire (Arb.) 91 Obedience and wil⁓full poverte Which allmyghty god doth approbate. 1557Barclay Jugurtha (Paynell) 42 Whether they wold approbate and alowe the sayd composicion. 1623Cockeram, Approbate, to allow, to like. 1833Gen. P. Thompson Idioms of America in Exerc. (1842) III. 470 There are many Americanisms which in the course of time will work their way into the language of England..The verbs ‘approbate,’ ‘consider’ (in the sense of ‘believe’), and even ‘guess,’ are making their way gradually in their peculiar senses. 1849in Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. V. 52 A letter approbating the affair.
2. Sc. Law. To approve or assent to as valid. Chiefly in phr. to approbate and reprobate: to take advantage of those portions of a deed which are in one's favour, while repudiating the rest. Also transf.
1836Blackw. Mag. XXXIX. 662 You cannot approbate and reprobate the same instrument. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. xv. (1870) 280, I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. 1880Law Rep., Appeal V. 325 He is in substance..approbating and reprobating, a course which is not allowed either in Scotch or English Law. |