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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.