Word Meanings - APPROVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. Wouldst thou approve thy constancy Approve First thy obedience. Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

Additional info about word: APPROVE

approve, fr. L. approbare; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. Wouldst thou approve thy constancy Approve First thy obedience. Milton. 2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. Opportunities to approve . . . worth. Emerson. He had approved himself a great warrior. Macaulay. 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. Byron. His account . . . approves him a man of thought. Parkman. 3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial. 4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration. 5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance. The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. Rog Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably , is often followed by of. They had not approved of the deposition of James. Macaulay. They approved of the political institutions. W. Black.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of APPROVE)

• Accede
• Assent
• consent
• acquiesce
• comply with
• accept
• concur
• approve
• coincide
• Applaud
• Laud
• praise
• extol
• eulogize
• commend
• cry up
• magnify
• encourage
• cheer
• Commend
• Praise
• laud
• recommend
• applaud
• Concur
• Approve
• assent
• meet
• converge
• concentrate
• agree
• Indorse
• Sanction
• subscribe

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of APPROVE)

• Blame
• censure
• discommend
• reprove

Related words: (words related to APPROVE)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• ACCEPTABLE
  Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• CONSENTANEOUS
  Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent. A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.
• ASSENTATORY
  Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• ACCEPT
  To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange. Bouvier. 6. In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; bill , to agree to pay it when due. -- To accept service , to agree that a writ or
• COMPLY
  are of different origin: cf. It. complire to compliment, finish, 1. To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with. Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous or
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• EXTOLMENT
  Praise. Shak.
• CONCURRENCE
  1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination. We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke. 2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion;
• ASSENTER
  One who assents.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• ACCEPTOR
  One who accepts; specifically ,
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• ACCEPTATION
  1. Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. This is saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker. 2. The meaning
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• ACQUIESCENTLY
  In an acquiescent manner.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• DISAGREEABLENESS
  The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
• PRECONSENT
  A previous consent.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• SEXTOLET
  A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.