1. Expressing or manifesting praise or approval
   - affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive

1. The formal act of approving
   - blessing, approval

1. Give sanction to
   "I approve of his educational policies"
   - O.K., okay, sanction 
2. Judge to be right or commendable; think well of

See also: approbation, approval, approver, approvingly, favorable [US], favourable [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: authorise [Brit], authorize, clear, evaluate, judge, pass, pass judgment, support

Antonym: disapprove

Encyclopedia: Approve

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