approve

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American, Received Pronunciation) enPR: ə-pro͞ovʹ, IPA(key): /əˈpɹuːv/ Rhymes: -uːv Hyphenation: ap‧prove === Etymology 1 === From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, from ad + probō (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”). Doublet of approbate. By surface analysis, ad- +‎ prove. ==== Verb ==== approve (third-person singular simple present approves, present participle approving, simple past and past participle approved) (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. 1812–1818, Lord Byron, Child Harolde's Piligrimage 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true. (intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept. Synonym: cheer (archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English approuen, approven, from Old French aprouer; a- + a form apparently derived from the pro, prod, in Latin prōsum (“be useful or profitable”). Compare with improve. ==== Verb ==== approve (third-person singular simple present approves, present participle approving, simple past and past participle approved) (transitive, law, 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. === References === “approve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Portuguese == === Verb === approve inflection of approvar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative