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单词 approbate
释义

Definition of approbate in English:

approbate

verb ˈaprəbeɪtˈæprəˌbeɪt
[with object]US rare
  • Approve formally; sanction.

    a letter approbating the affair
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On a true appreciation of the position, this is not a case in which it can be said that the respondent company has elected between two inconsistent remedies; nor that it has sought to approbate and reprobate.
    • You want to approbate and reprobate, as it were.
    • Some of them have already been synthesized and approbated, the synthesis and testing of others is still forthcoming.
    • ‘If I act any further, I would be seen to approbate with a document that is flawed,’ he stated.
    • He is the only Chancery Judge there and what he is saying, I think, at 114 is you cannot approbate and reprobate.
    Synonyms
    tolerate, permit, allow, admit of, approve, approve of, agree to, consent to, give one's blessing to, take kindly to, be in favour of, favour, hold with, go along with, put up with, endure, brook, stomach, swallow, bear

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin approbat- 'approved', from the verb approbare, from ad- 'to' + probare 'try, test' (from probus 'good').

 
 

Definition of approbate in US English:

approbate

verbˈæprəˌbeɪtˈaprəˌbāt
[with object]US rare
  • Approve formally; sanction.

    a letter approbating the affair
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You want to approbate and reprobate, as it were.
    • On a true appreciation of the position, this is not a case in which it can be said that the respondent company has elected between two inconsistent remedies; nor that it has sought to approbate and reprobate.
    • He is the only Chancery Judge there and what he is saying, I think, at 114 is you cannot approbate and reprobate.
    • Some of them have already been synthesized and approbated, the synthesis and testing of others is still forthcoming.
    • ‘If I act any further, I would be seen to approbate with a document that is flawed,’ he stated.
    Synonyms
    tolerate, permit, allow, admit of, approve, approve of, agree to, consent to, give one's blessing to, take kindly to, be in favour of, favour, hold with, go along with, put up with, endure, brook, stomach, swallow, bear

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin approbat- ‘approved’, from the verb approbare, from ad- ‘to’ + probare ‘try, test’ (from probus ‘good’).

 
 
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