单词 | approbate |
释义 | † approbateadj. Obsolete. Approved formally or expressly; particularly by some competent authority. (Used after formation of approbate v. as its past participle.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] > approved or accepted > formally approbatec1430 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) viii. xii. 183 b That he in his estate By the Pope afore be approbate. 1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xvi. sig. H.iv Galen with other auncyent and approbat doctours. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 924/2 Decrees..which by long custome hath beene receiued and approbate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). approbatev. 1. To approve expressly or formally; to express approbation of, sanction authoritatively. Obsolete in England since 17th cent., but preserved in U.S., and often used as simply = approve v.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > approve of, accept, or sanction [verb (transitive)] > formally approbate1470 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > approve of, accept, or sanction [verb (transitive)] loveeOE underfoc1000 underfong?c1225 undertakea1250 provec1300 allowa1325 favour1340 approvec1380 seem?c1450 conprovec1503 avow1530 rectify1567 annuate1585 to be for1590 sancite1597 improve1603 applauda1616 acclamate1624 resenta1646 own1649 comprobate1660 sanction1797 likea1825 approbate1833 to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1895 agree1900 endorse1914 condone1962 1470 J. Hardyng Chron. cvi As Flores saieth, and hath it approbate. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxvi. f. 35 Whyther they wolde approbate and allowe the sayd composicion. 1528 Roy Satire (Arb.) 91 Obedience and wil~full poverte Which allmyghty god doth approbate. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Approbate, to allow, to like. 1833 T. P. Thompson Idioms of Amer. in Exercises (1842) III. 470 There are many Americanisms which in the course of time will work their way into the language of England..The verbs ‘approbate,’ ‘consider’ (in the sense of ‘believe’), and even ‘guess,’ are making their way gradually in their peculiar senses. 1854 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1848–53 5 52 A letter approbating the affair. 2. Scots Law. To approve or assent to as valid. Chiefly in to approbate and reprobate: to take advantage of those portions of a deed which are in one's favour, while repudiating the rest. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > illegal [verb (intransitive)] > accept or comply with only part of deed to approbate and reprobate1836 society > law > legal document > types of legal or official document > [verb (transitive)] > (partially) reject a deed reprobate1726 to approbate and reprobate1836 1836 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 39 662 You cannot approbate and reprobate the same instrument. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. xv. 280 I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. 1880 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 5 325 He is in substance..approbating and reprobating, a course which is not allowed either in Scotch or English Law. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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