approvement
1 of 2noun (1)
ap·prove·ment
-vmənt
plural -s
English law
: the act of approving lands
approvement
2 of 2noun (2)
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plural -s
1
obsolete : approbation, approval
2
old English law : the act of one who when accused of a felony confessed to it and accused another as an accomplice of the same crime in order to obtain a pardon
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English approvement, approuement, from Middle French approuement, aprouement, from Old French, from aprouer + -ment
Noun (2)
approve entry 1 + -ment
- someone's life depends on
- someone's life depends on (something)
- someone's life depends on something
- someone's lips are sealed
- someone's lookout
- someone's memory lives on
- someone's mind is in a spin
- someone's mind is made up
- someone's mind is playing tricks on her
- someone's mind is playing tricks on him
- someone's mind is playing tricks on him/her
- someone's money's worth
- someone's name is mud
- someone's normal self
- someone's number is up
- someone's prayers have been answered
- someone's return home
- someone's ship comes in
- someone's spirits soar
- someone's stomach is in knots
- someone's wish comes true
- someone's wish is my command
- someone's word is her bond
- someone's word is his bond
- someone's word is his/her bond