approvancen.
/əˈpruːvəns/ archaic.
= approof n.; approval n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun]
willOE
allowancec1400
acceptationa1425
allowing1435
approof1439
approving1523
comprobation1529
owning1535
approbation1548
good liking?1560
suffrage1563
acceptance1569
liking1569
pleasure1569
allowment1570
approvance1592
probatum1606
approvement1615
sufferage1622
the light of a person's countenance1649
reception1660
receivedness1661
imprimatur1672
approval1690
sanction1738
go-down1753
rubber stamping1920
1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 122 As valiant foes as welden sheild or targe..and of as good approuance.
1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 409 To finde approueance in the sight of our God.
1728 J. Thomson Spring 31 Should she seem..the least Approvance to bestow.
1883 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 341 Silent approvance of the proceeding.
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