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单词 approver
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approvern.1

/əˈpruːvə/
Etymology: < approve v.1 + -er suffix1.
1. A person who proves or offers to prove (another) guilty; hence, an informer, an accuser. Now restricted to: A person who confesses a felony and gives evidence against his or her accomplices in order to secure their conviction; one who turns king's (queen's) or state's evidence. [In this sense generally provour in Anglo-Norman (Britton) and Middle English.]
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > one who accuses of crime
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appellorc1400
criminatora1425
appeacher1440
taintor1451
denunciator1474
approverc1475
appealer1519
denouncer1533
detector1541
impeacher1552
peacher1570
delatora1572
approvant1587
appellant1597
exhibitera1616
exhibitant1818
incriminator1838
rapper1904
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > a witness > one who turns state's evidence
provera1325
approverc1475
appellor1660
probator1676
lemon1931
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 69 Oiþer he schal dampne þe prouar, or til he fauor þe accusar, þat miȝt not proue, schal iuge þe vngilty.
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xxvi Some peraduenture bycame approuers when they were caste, and called for a coroner.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 315 He is the assailaunt, and is commonly called the approouer or maintainer.
1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) iii. ii. 344 A Prouour..must beginne with confession of his owne fault, before he may be admitted to burthen an other man.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 851/2 Suffer neither the said prouer, nor defender to take any of their weapons.
a1625 H. Finch Law (1627) iv. xxxiii. 387 The Defendant confessing an enditement of felonie may accuse others, in which case wee call him an Approuer.
1679 Tryall R. Langhorn 27 An Approver, while he is in that service, hath a Peny a day.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 670 The testimony of a crowd of approvers swearing for their necks.
2. A person who proves, tests, or tries. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > one who or that which tests > one who
provera1382
sayer1422
tasterc1440
approver?1541
?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qij Whan that the approuers come..for to examyne them.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 444 [John Rowe] was appointed one of the Approvers of Ministers according to the Presbyterian way.
3. A person who confirms, sanctions, pronounces good, or commends.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] > approver
allower1528
approver1548
admirer1571
approbator1667
(a) one for ——1682
accorder1860
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus 2 Cor. in Paraphr. New Test. (R.) Jesus Christe is my witnes and approuer.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 502/2 Not onely..witnesses at the doing, but also approuers of the deed.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 2 Among the approvers of certain proceedings in France. View more context for this quotation
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. x. vii. 311 The loudest grumbler..now the loudest approver.
1864 Q. Rev. 115 196 Even the flesh of the conger has approvers in modern days.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

approverapprowern.2

Forms: Also Middle English approwour, approuour, approuer.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman aprouour, Old French *aproeor, < aproer : see approve v.2 In medieval Latin apruātor and approuātor; corrupt modern Latin approbātor. Ought to be written apprower.
Obsolete.
One who looks after the profit or interest of an employer; or who manages land for the owner; a steward or bailiff; an agent in any business.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property
town-reeveeOE
reeveeOE
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farmerc1384
approverc1386
husbanda1387
stewardc1405
chamberlain1423
procurer1477
factor1520
bailiff1528
land-steward1535
improver1536
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amtman1582
administrator1596
stead-man1609
dapifer1636
vogt1694
house jobber1709
commissioner1760
foreman1774
house agent1793
ground-officer1815
land-agent1846
wic-reeve1853
steadward1876
house farmer1882
house-knacker1884
land-sergeant1894
1326 Act 1 Edw. III ii. viii, in Stat. Realm I. 256 Qils sount grevez par viscountes qi se fount nomer approuours le Roi. [1618 transl. in Pulton: That they be grieved by Sheriffes, naming themselues the King's approuers.]]
c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 43 This false theef, this Somonour..Hadde alwey bawdes redy to his honde..They weren his approwours [v.r. apprououris, aprouers, approwers] priuely; He toke hym self a greet profit therby.
1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) (at cited word) Bailiffs of Lords in their Franchises are called their Approvers. Approvers of the King are those that have the letting of the King's Demeans in small Mannors, to his best advantage.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Approvers in the Marches of Wales, were such as had Licenses to buy and sell Cattle into those parts.
1758 Monthly Rev. 19 464 Wardens or approvers..Each in his county was almost usually the chief collector of the royal revenue.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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