Approbation
approval; commendation.
official approval or sanction.
obsolete. conclusive proof.
contemporary examples
one of the things about elites is that they only care about the approbation of the members of their own elites.
charlie wilson’s cia adventures george crile february 10, 2010
for them to take a name like that suggests not racism but approbation.
levon helm of the band: obituary malcolm jones april 18, 2012
there is a risk to all this approbation, of course, which is that we forget some of his failings.
must reads: madison’s slaves, pam houston, and alec wilkinson eric herschthal, kevin canfield, nina maclaughlin february 22, 2012
the word “provocative” is often a term of approbation; here it is clearly intended pejoratively.
nick kristof’s unhinged attack on ayaan hirsi ali andrew roberts may 29, 2010
historical examples
he was always affable and pleasing, especially when he desired to secure a person’s approbation to being psychologized.
professor huskins lettie m. c-mmings
had they not come that she might show off to them, and receive their approbation!
weighed and wanting george macdonald
such a clapping of hands, and shouts of approbation arose on this speech that i was in mortal fear lest we should be heard.
yr ynys unyg julia de winton
he seemed to have no inordinate desire for admiration or even for approbation.
weighed and wanting george macdonald
it was printed and published with an approbation and privilege, which is more strange than the work itself.
curiosities of literature, vol. 1 (of 3) isaac d’israeli
quicksilver looked at it with a smile, and nodded his approbation.
the gorgon’s head nathaniel hawthorne
noun
commendation; praise
official recognition or approval
an obsolete word for proof
n.
late 14c., “proven effectiveness, excellence,” from old french aprobacion or directly from latin approbationem (nominative approbatio) “an approval,” noun of action from past participle stem of approbare (see approve). meaning “approval, endors-m-nt” is from early 15c.
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approval; commendation. official approval or sanction. obsolete. conclusive proof. historical examples to these two approbations i truly add my own, which, ‘sans vanite’, may perhaps be near as good as the other two. the pg edition of chesterfield’s letters to his son the earl of chesterfield with the suggestions and approbations received from all these […]
- Approbative
; expressing . historical examples a small victory thus won acts on them like the good dinner to the alimentive man, or flattery to the approbative person. the psychology of salesmanship william walker atkinson and the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride. almayer’s folly joseph conrad
- Approbatory
; expressing . historical examples his salute now was pleasant, with reference to charles, but the eye he cast upon his -ssistant was distinctly not approbatory. angela’s business henry sydnor harrison approbatory notices appeared in the princ-p-l papers and journals. personal memoirs of a residence of thirty years with the indian tribes on the american […]
- Appropre
v. mid-14c., from old french aproprier, from late latin appropriare (see appropriate (v.)).
- Appropriable
capable of being ; liable to be . historical examples a great many things, as we have shown in another place, are not appropriable. appletons’ popular science monthly, february 1899 various