Approvable(a.) Worthy of being approved; meritorious.
Approval(n.) Approbation; sanction.
Approvance(n.) Approval.
Approve(v. t.) To show to be real or true; to prove.
Approve(v. t.) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
Approve(v. t.) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
Approve(v. t.) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
Approve(v. t.) To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
Approve(v. t.) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
Approved(imp. & p. p.) of Approve
Approvedly(adv.) So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
Approvement(n.) Approbation.
Approvement(n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States.
Approvement(n.) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.
Approver(n.) One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
Approver(n.) An informer; an accuser.
Approver(n.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.
Approver(v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.
Approving(a.) Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.
Approving(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Approve
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