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approbate

/ap-ruh-beyt/US // ˈæp rəˌbeɪt //UK // (ˈæprəˌbeɪt) //

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ap·pro·bat·ed, ap·pro·bat·ing.

    • : to approve officially.

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Examples

  • The Stadtholder was too wary a politician to approbate immediately so sweeping a proposal, and referred it to the States-General.

  • Among the adjectives similarly preserved are to whittle, to wilt and to approbate.

  • We pick and choose, take and leave, approbate and reprobate in a breath.

  • He is very liberal in politics, for he don't approbate restraint, and likes to let every critter 'go to the devil' his own way.