Meaning

1 senses

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

More definitions
  • accept (documents) as valid
  • approve or sanction officially

Origin

Borrowed from Latin approbatus. Doublet of approve.

Borrowed from Latin approbatus. Doublet of approve.

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Forms

approbates, approbating, approbated, approbated
Base formapprobate · to approbate
3rd person singularapprobates
Present participleapprobating
Past simpleapprobated
Past participleapprobated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyapprobate
he, she, itapprobates

Past simpleLesson

all personsapprobated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave approbated
he, she, ithas approbated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill approbate

Antonyms

1 antonyms
reprobate

Word family

2 related words
Relatedapprovalapprobation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
approachableapproachingapprobationappropriateA2appropriatelyB2
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