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† aˈppreve, v. Obs. or dial.
[ad. OF. a(p)- preuve, tonic stem of aprover (sometimes even extended to inf. appreuver, Godef.); the northern and, esp., Sc. equivalent of approve v.1 With approbā-, apreuve, apreve, cf. afforā-, affeure, affeer, and the north. meve for move. Now obs., exc. in later pa. pple. approven (on analogy of weave, woven, etc.), which is regarded merely as a Sc. variant of approved.]
= approve v.1
c1375Wyclif Wks. (1880) 388 Eny state aprevyd of God. c1400Destr. Troy xix. 8055 Hit is a propertie apreuit. 1526Act Jas. V (1814) 310 (Jam.) Ratifijs and appreuis the contract and appunctuament made. 1535Stewart Cron. Scotl. II. 175 Richt mony..Apprevit weill that that counsall wes gude. 1676W. Row Suppl. Blair's Autobiog. xi. (1848) 291 After some smoothings of it, it was approven. 1823Chalmers Serm. I. 146 It is approven of as having about it the solemn and suitable Characteristics of Godliness. |