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approved, ppl. a.|əˈpruːvd|
[f. approve v.1 + -ed.]
1. a. Proved or established by experience, tried, tested.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 1409 A noble knyȝt aproued. 1489Caxton Faytes of Armes i. xxiii. 71 The..mooste approued men of armes. 1563T. Gale Antidot. Pref. 1 Diuers approued medicines. 1656Bramhall Replic. iv. 177 Persons..of approued integrity. 1709Lond. Gaz. mmmmccccxxi/3 The humble Address of the Bayliff, Steward, Approved-men, and Burgesses of..Andover. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 64 The old approved mode. 1824Scott St. Ronan's xx, The mortar and stone of the most approved builder.
†b. Proved, convicted. Obs.
1599Shakes. Much Ado iv. i. 45 To knit my soul to an approued wanton. 1635Swan Spec. Mundi i. §3 (1643) 11 Approved liars.
3. Pronounced good; justified, sanctioned, commended, esteemed.
1667Milton P.L. vi. 36 To stand approv'd in sight of God. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iii. v. (1695) 244 To have..very good and approved Words in their Mouths. 1737Whiston Josephus' Wars i. i. §2 The most approved among them were put to death.
4. approved-of: regarded with commendation.
1670Eachard Contempt Clergy 22 An approved-of cobler or tinker.
5. approved school, a place of training for boys or girls who have been found guilty of offences or exposed to moral danger.
1932Hansard Commons CCLXI. 1179 The question of the approved schools, as they will in future be called—the schools which are known to the public at present as reformatory and industrial schools. 1933Act 23 Geo. V c. 12 §107 (1), ‘Approved school’ means a school approved by the Secretary of State under section seventy-nine of this Act. 1938Times 7 Dec. 10/3 The effect of the change of name from ‘Reformatory’ and ‘Industrial’ to ‘Approved Schools’ cannot be exaggerated. No youth is ashamed of having been in an approved school. 1956A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. i. 228 Larrie's an orphan, an institution boy who's been in a lot of trouble, he's had three convictions for petty thieving and he's been to an Approved School.
6. approved society, a Friendly Society (see friendly a. 8) legally empowered to administer benefits under the National Insurance Act of 1911 and subsequent Acts down to that of 1946.
1911Act 1 & 2 Geo. V c. 55 §23 (1) Any society.. which complies with the requirements of this Act..may be approved by the Insurance Commissioners, and, if so approved, shall be an approved society for the purposes of this Part of this Act. 1952Oxf. Jun. Encycl. X. 171/1 Under the 1911 National Health Act certain registered friendly societies, known as ‘approved societies’, were used by the Government as part of the health scheme to pay out as ‘sick benefit’ sums of money provided by the Government... But after the National Insurance Act of 1946 this use of friendly societies by the Government was discontinued. |