approve
Verb
Verb Forms: approved, approving, approves
- To officially agree to or accept as satisfactory.
- give sanction to
- "I approve of his educational policies"
- judge to be right or commendable; think well of
- To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
- To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
- To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
- To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
- To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
- To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
Examples
- Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.
- Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.
- I do not approve of using a word finder, but I’ll allow it this once.
- We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, from ad + probō (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”). Doublet of approbate. By surface analysis, ad- + prove.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
approve: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordapprove: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
approve: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
approve: valid Words With Friends Word