ap·pro·bate /ˈæprəˌbet/
(vt.)認可,許可,承認
Ap·pro·bate a. Approved. [Obs.]
Ap·pro·bate v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.
I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. --Sir W. Hamilton.
Note: ☞ This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house.
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approbate
v 1: approve or sanction officially
2: accept (documents) as valid [ant: reprobate]