approbate

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin approbatus. Doublet of approve. === Adjective === approbate (comparative more approbate, superlative most approbate) Approved. === Verb === approbate (third-person singular simple present approbates, present participle approbating, simple past and past participle approbated) (transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Verb === approbāte second-person plural present active imperative of approbō