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approbate

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ap⋅pro⋅bate

  [ap-ruh-beyt]
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–verb (used with object), -bat⋅ed, -bat⋅ing.
to approve officially.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L approbātus approved (ptp. of approbāre), equiv. to ap- ap- 1 + probātus proved; see probate

Related forms:
ap⋅pro⋅ba⋅tor, noun
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ap·pro·bate   (āp'rə-bāt')   
tr.v.   ap·pro·bat·ed, ap·pro·bat·ing, ap·pro·bates
To sanction officially; authorize.

[Middle English approbaten, from Latin approbāre, approbāt-, to approve; see approve.]
ap'pro·ba'tive, ap·pro'ba·to'ry (ə-prō'bə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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