"approbate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more approbate [comparative], most approbate [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin approbatus. Doublet of approve. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|approbatus}} Latin approbatus, {{doublet|en|approve}} Doublet of approve Head templates: {{en-adj}} approbate (comparative more approbate, superlative most approbate)
  1. Approved.
    Sense id: en-approbate-en-adj-fgAZo3ab

Verb

Forms: approbates [present, singular, third-person], approbating [participle, present], approbated [participle, past], approbated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin approbatus. Doublet of approve. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|approbatus}} Latin approbatus, {{doublet|en|approve}} Doublet of approve Head templates: {{en-verb}} approbate (third-person singular simple present approbates, present participle approbating, simple past and past participle approbated)
  1. (transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to. Tags: transitive Derived forms: approbate and reprobate Translations (To give official sanction): одобрявам (odobrjavam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-approbate-en-verb-huMA3myL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 78

Inflected forms

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