approve

approve

approve (third-person singular simple present approves, present participle approving, simple past and past participle approved)

1. (transitive) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.

   Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.

2. (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

   We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.

3. (transitive) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
   • Ralph Waldo Emerson,

     Opportunities to approve . . . worth.

   • Thomas Babington Macaulay,

     He had approved himself a great warrior.

   • George Gordon Byron,

     T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.

   • Francis Parkman,

     His account . . . approves him a man of thought.

4. (intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
   • Henry Rogers,

     The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.

   Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of.

   • Thomas Babington Macaulay,

     They had not approved of the deposition of James.

   • William Black,

     They approved of the political institutions.

	approvare
	To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically
	To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial

concedere

omologare

provato

ratificare

sanzionare

Altri significati:

(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

(transitive) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

(transitive) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.

(intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

To regard as good.

To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of

(to) approve

(transitive) (English Law) 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.

To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance

approve (of)

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