Translation
to approve
Word origin
From Latin approbare ('to judge as good'), built from ad plus probare ('to test, to find good'). The same root gives English approve and prove: to approve something is literally to have put it to the test.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- approbare
- English cognates
- approve, approbation, prove
Examples
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The committee approved the plan.
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My father does not approve of my idea.
?
Do you approve of the new law?
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