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approvable, a.|əˈpruːvəb(ə)l|
[f. approve v.1 + -able.]
Able to be approved; worthy or deserving of approval.
c1449Pecock Repr. 540 That such Religioun be is alloweable and approvable of ech. 1579Fulke Ref. Rastel 709 As they be approuable or disprouable by the saide old auncient and Catholike doctrine. 1617F. Moryson Itin. iii. 32 Inordinate desire of Martyrdome is not approueable. 1753Richardson Grandison (1781) III. xv. 120 Fine qualities, but unhappily blended with others less approveable. 1835I. Taylor Spir. Despot. i. 20 Measures..approvable to the quiet good sense..of the people. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. III. ix. ii. 81 He is..approvable as a practical officer and soldier, by the strictest judge then living. |