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04-16-2015, 11:34 AM
\ AP-ruh-beyt \ , verb;
1.
To approve officially.
Quotes:
And as for that one, let him work, let him work all he likes, as long as he doesn't interfere with anybody or touch anybody; let him work—I agree and I approbate!
-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Double and the Gambler
By that logic, it is only the creation of a domestic crowd that can truly approbate the doings of the nation.
-- John Plotz, The Crowd: British literature and Public Politics
Origin:
Approbate stems from the Latin word approbāre , from the root ap- which is a variation of ad- , meaning "towards," and probātus meaning "proved."
1.
To approve officially.
Quotes:
And as for that one, let him work, let him work all he likes, as long as he doesn't interfere with anybody or touch anybody; let him work—I agree and I approbate!
-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Double and the Gambler
By that logic, it is only the creation of a domestic crowd that can truly approbate the doings of the nation.
-- John Plotz, The Crowd: British literature and Public Politics
Origin:
Approbate stems from the Latin word approbāre , from the root ap- which is a variation of ad- , meaning "towards," and probātus meaning "proved."