Approbate

Definition: Approbate

Approbate

Verb

1. Approve or sanction officially.

2. Accept as valid, as of documents.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Approbation

Verb: approve; approbate, think good, think much of, think well of, think highly of; esteem, value, prize; set great store by, set great store on.

Albanian

aprovoj (applaud, assent), miratoj (accede, accept, adopt, approve, assent, confirm, consent, countenance, enact, Favor, favour, pass, ratify, recognize, root for, sanction, vote in). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وافق (accede, accept, accord, agree, approve, assent, assert, compound, consent, fit, grant, jump, nod, ok, okay, okey). (various references)

Bulgarian 

санкционирам (authorise, authorize, sanctify, sanction), одобрявам (approve, assent, authorise, authorize, confirm, endorse, okay, pass, salute, sanctify, sanction, seal, subscribe to, support, sympathize, uphold). (various references)

Czech

schválit (authorize, commend, ok, okay, pass, ratify, sanction, validate, vote). (various references)

French

donner son accord (approve). (various references)

Hungarian

jóváhagy (affirm, approve, assent, confirm, endorse, indorse, o.k., ok, okay, okey, ratify, sanction, to approve, to approve of, to assent, to consent, to endorse, to indorse, to o.k., to ratify, to uphold, to validate, upheld, uphold). (various references)

Pig Latin

approbateay

Portuguese

aprovar (acclaim, accredit, allow, applaud, approve, clap, endorse, find, indorse, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, ratify, sanction), sancionar (approve, authorise, authorize, avouch, endorse, indorse, ratify, sanction, sign, sustain), concordar (accede, accept, accord, adhere, agree, assent, assort, bring into agreement, chime, close, cohere, comply, concur, consent, correspond, cotton, covenant, emboss, let, own, subscribe, yes). (various references)

Romanian

aproba (accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, allow, answer with a nod, applaud, approve, close, countenance, endorse, grant, homologate, pass, ratify, sanctify, sanction, uphold), sancţiona (amerce, approve, punish, ratify, sanctify, sanction, sign, trounce). (various references)

Russian 

одобрять (applaud, approve, approve of, approved, aprobate, aprove, aproved, look with favor on, look with favour on, welcome). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

proglasiti važećim, odobriti (approve, approve of, authorise, authorize, credit, endorse, grant, hearten, sanction, vote). (various references)

Spanish

aprobar (adopt, agree, approve, carry, come, endorse, fall in, fall in with, Favor, favour, get through, gown, hold with, indorse, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, pass, receive, support, underwrite, vet, view, welcome). (various references)

Ukrainian

схвалювати (approve, countenance, o.k., ok, okay, okey, sanction, smile, welcome), санкціонувати (approve, authorize, sanction), затверджувати (appoint, approve, certify, o.k., ok, okay, okey, ratify, validate). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "approbate": approbated, approbates. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: parapet, probate.

-3 letters: abater, abator, aortae, appear, boater, bopper, borate, protea, rabato, rebato, tapper, topper.

-4 letters: abate, abort, aorta, apart, aport, apter, boart, oater, opera, orate, paper, parae, pareo, pater, peart, prate, probe, rabat, reata, rebop, repot, taber, tabor, taper, toper, trope.

-5 letters: abet, aero, aper, area, atap, atop, bare, bate, bear, beat, beta.

+1 letter: approbated, approbates.

+4 letters: apportionable, blepharoplast.

+5 letters: blepharoplasts, blepharoplasty.