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Webster 1913 Edition

Approbate

Ap′pro-bate

,
Adj.
[L.
approbatus
, p. p. of
approbare
to approve.]
Approved.
[Obs.]
Elyot.

Ap′pro-bate

,
Verb.
T.
To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.
I
approbate
the one, I reprobate the other.
Sir W. Hamilton.
☞ This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep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.
Pickering (1816).

Webster 1828 Edition

Approbate

AP'PROBATE

,
Adj.
[L. approbatus.] Approved.

AP'PROBATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. approbo, to approve, of ad and probo, to prove or approve. Approbate is a modern word, but in common use in America. it differs from approve, denoting not only the act of the mind, but an expression of the act. See Proof, Approve and Prove.]
To express approbation of; to manifest a liking, or degree of satisfaction; to express approbation officially, as of one's fitness for a public trust.
Mr. Hutchison approbated the choice.

Definition 2024

approbate

approbate

English

Adjective

approbate ‎(comparative more approbate, superlative most approbate)

  1. approved
    • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named The Governour
      And if they wyll allege that all thynge contayned in holy scripture is approbate by the hole consent of all the clergie of Christendoms […]

Verb

approbate ‎(third-person singular simple present approbates, present participle approbating, simple past and past participle approbated)

  1. To give official sanction, consent or authorization

Latin

Verb

approbāte

  1. first-person plural present active imperative of approbō

Etymology

Latin approbatus.

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