Ap*prove" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Approved (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Approving.] [OE. aproven, appreven, to prove, OF.
aprover, F. approuver, to approve, fr. L. approbare;
ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See
Prove, and cf. Approbate.] 1. To show to
be real or true; to prove. [Obs.]
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.
Rogers.
&fist; This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to
think favorably (of), is often followed by of.
They had not approved of the deposition of James.
Macaulay.
They approved of the political institutions.
W. Black.
Ap*prove" (ăp*pr&oomac;v"), v. t. [OF.
aprouer; a (L. ad) + a form apparently derived fr. the
pro, prod, in L. prodest it is useful or profitable,
properly the preposition pro for. Cf. Improve.] (Eng.
Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said
esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the
manor.
