approve

Etymology 1
From, , , , borrowed from , , , , from , from +. ..

Verb

 * 1)  To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
 * 2)  To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
 * 3)  To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
 * 4) * 1812-1818,, Child Harolde's Piligrimage
 * 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
 * 1)  To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
 * 2)  To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
 * 1) * 1812-1818,, Child Harolde's Piligrimage
 * 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
 * 1)  To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
 * 2)  To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
 * 1)  To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
 * 2)  To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
 * 1)  To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
 * 1)  To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
 * 1)  To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
 * 1)  To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
 * 1)  To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: صَدَّقَ, وَافَقَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Basque: onetsi
 * Belarusian: ухваля́ць, ухвалі́ць, адабра́ць, адо́брыць
 * Bulgarian: утвържда́вам, утвърдя́,, одобря́
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 批准
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, , antaa suostumus
 * French:
 * Georgian: მოწონება, დადასტურება, დამტკიცება, სანქციონირება, სანქცირება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δοκιμάζω, ἐγκρίνω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: अनुमोदन करना
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: мақұлдау, бекіту
 * Khmer: យល់ព្រម
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ອະນຸມັດ
 * Latin:, consciscō, ratihabeo
 * Latvian: apstiprināt
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian: одобрува, одобри
 * Maori: ohia
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: godkjenne
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: одобра́вати, одо̀брити
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: schvaľovať, schváliť
 * Slovene: odobravati, odobriti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: тасвиб кардан, маъкул донистан,, таҳсин кардан
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: схва́лювати, схвали́ти, затве́рджувати, затве́рдити
 * Urdu: تَوثِیق کَرنا
 * Uzbek: maʼqul topmoq, maʻqullamoq
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Arabic: اِسْتَحَسَنَ, وَافَقَ, رَضِيَ
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: onetsi
 * Belarusian: ухваля́ць, ухвалі́ць, адабра́ць, адо́брыць
 * Bulgarian:, одобря́
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: მოწონება
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: δοκιμάζω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Latin:, ratihabeo
 * Macedonian: одобрува, одобри
 * Maori: ohia
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: godkjenne
 * Ottoman Turkish: بگنمك
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: одобра́вати, одо̀брити
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: schvaľovať, schváliť
 * Slovene: odobravati, odobriti
 * Spanish: ver con buenos ojos
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: схва́лювати, схвали́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, дока́жа
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, näyttää todeksi
 * Italian:
 * Latin: consciscō, ratihabeo
 * Maori: ohia
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,


 * Arabic: وَافَقَ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: instemmen met
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: scisco, ratihabeo
 * Norman: approuver
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , относи́ться одобри́тельно
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: схва́лювати, схвали́ти

Etymology 2
From, , from ; + a form apparently derived from the pro, prod, in. Compare with.

Verb

 * 1)  To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit &mdash; said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.