approbate
/ˈaprəbeɪt
/verb [with object] US rare
Approve formally; sanction: a letter approbating the affair...
- ‘If I act any further, I would be seen to approbate with a document that is flawed,’ he stated.
- 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.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin approbat- 'approved', from the verb approbare, from ad- 'to' + probare 'try, test' (from probus 'good').