Found 2 items, similar to approbate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: approbate approbate v 1: approve or sanction officially 2: accept (documents) as valid [ant: reprobate]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Approbate Approbate \Ap"pro*bate\, a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.] Approved. [Obs.] --Elyot. [1913 Webster] Approbate \Ap"pro*bate\, v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially. [1913 Webster] I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. --Pickering (1816). [1913 Webster]