approbate

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adjective

Approved.

Opposite
reprobate
OriginLatin approbatus →
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Meanings

adjectiveapprobate (comparative more approbate, superlative most approbate)

comparative more approbate · superlative most approbate

  1. Approved.

    And if they wyll allege that all thynge contayned in holy scripture is approbate by the hole consent of all the clergie of Christendoms […]

    1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named The Governour
verbapprobate (third-person singular simple present approbates, present participle approbating, simple past and past participle approbated)

present singular third person approbates · participle present approbating · participle past approbated · past approbated

  1. transitiveTo give official sanction, consent or authorization to.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbaccept (documents) as valid

Opposite
reprobate
Broader
accept
Also see
approve

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinapprobatus
  2. Englishapprobate

Borrowed from Latin approbatus. Doublet of approve.

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian одобрявам
  • одобрявам (odobrjavam)To give official sanction
Finnish hyväksyä
  • hyväksyäTo give official sanction
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APA

approbate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/approbate

MLA

“approbate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/approbate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “approbate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/approbate.

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