Associations to the word «Approve»

Wiktionary

APPROVE, verb. (transitive) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.
APPROVE, verb. (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
APPROVE, verb. (transitive) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
APPROVE, verb. (intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
APPROVE, verb. (transitive) (English Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit;—said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Dictionary definition

APPROVE, verb. Give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies".
APPROVE, verb. Judge to be right or commendable; think well of.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley