approve
/əˈpɹuːv/ verb B1- To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. · Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.
- To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. · We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.
- To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept. · Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.
Plural approve · He/she/it approves · Past approved · Past participle approved · -ing form approving
Verb forms
- Base form
- approve
- He/she/it
- approves
- Past
- approved
- Past participle
- approved
- -ing form
- approving
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Sherlock Holmes, and I am aware of your profession—one of which I by no means approve.”
I promise you that to make up for her want of loyalty, I will be most inflexibly severe;” then casting an expressive glance at his betrothed, which seemed to say, “Fear not, for your dear sake my justice shall be tempered with mercy,” and receiving a sweet and approving smile in return, Villefort departed with paradise in his heart.
Toto did not approve of this new comrade at first, for he could not forget how nearly he had been crushed between the Lion’s great jaws.
“My good friend,” said Franz, turning to him, while Albert continued to point his glass at every box in the theatre, “you seem determined not to approve; you are really too difficult to please.”
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