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approve¹
- /əˈpɹuːv/ US, UK
Rhymes with -uːv
Where it comes from
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pér
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *probʰHwós
Proto-Italic *proβwos
Proto-Italic *proβos
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *proβāō
Latin probō
Latin approbāreder.
Old French aproverbor.
Middle English aproven
English approve
From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, from ad + probō (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”). Doublet of approbate. By surface analysis, ad- + prove.
verb approves · approving · approved · approve
- To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.
- To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.
- To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. He had long burned with impatience to approve his valour.
- To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept. Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.
- To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of. The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.
Similar: agree with, approbate, approve, back, support, think much of
approve²
- /əˈpɹuːv/ US, UK
Rhymes with -uːv
Where it comes from
From Middle English approuen, approven, from Old French aprouer; a- + a form apparently derived from the pro, prod, in Latin prōsum (“be useful or profitable”). Compare with improve.
verb approves · approving · approved
- To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
Similar: agree with, approbate, approve, back, support, think much of
