Approbate Ap"pro·bate transitive verb To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.

I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.
Sir W. Hamilton.

» This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license ; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. Pickering (1816).

Approbation Ap`pro·ba"tion noun [ Latin approbatio : confer French approbation . See Approve to prove.] 1. Proof; attestation. [ Obsolete] Shak.

2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.

Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation .
Macaulay.

The silent approbation of one's own breast.
Melmoth.

Animals . . . love approbation or praise.
Darwin.

3. Probation or novitiate. [ Obsolete]

This day my sister should the cloister enter,
And there receive her approbation .
Shak.

Syn. -- Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence. -- Approbation , Approval . Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. "We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences." "He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass." "The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution."

Approbative Ap"pro·ba·tive adjective [ Confer French approbatif .] Approving, or implying approbation. Milner.

Approbativeness Ap"pro·ba·tive·ness noun 1. The quality of being approbative.

2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.

Approbator Ap"pro·ba`tor noun [ Latin ] One who approves. [ R.]

Approbatory Ap"pro·ba`to·ry adjective Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.

Appromt Ap·promt" transitive verb [ Prefix ad- + promt .] To quicken; to prompt. [ Obsolete]

To appromt our invention.
Bacon.

Approof Ap·proof" noun [ See Approve , and Proof .] 1. Trial; proof. [ Archaic] Shak.

2. Approval; commendation. Shak.

Appropinquate Ap`pro·pin"quate intransitive verb [ Latin appropinquatus , past participle of appropinquare ; ad + prope near.] To approach. [ Archaic] Ld. Lytton.

Appropinquation Ap`pro·pin·qua"tion noun [ Latin appropinquatio .] A drawing nigh; approach. [ R.] Bp. Hall.

Appropinquity Ap`pro·pin"qui·ty noun [ Prefix ad- + propinquity .] Nearness; propinquity. [ R.] J. Gregory.

Appropre Ap·pro"pre transitive verb [ Middle English appropren , apropren , Old French approprier , from Latin appropriare . See Appropriate .] To appropriate. [ Obsolete] Fuller.

Appropriable Ap·pro"pri·a·ble adjective [ See Appropriate .] Capable of being appropriated, set apart, sequestered, or assigned exclusively to a particular use. Sir T. Browne.

Appropriament Ap·pro"pri·a·ment noun What is peculiarly one's own; peculiar qualification. [ Obsolete]

If you can neglect
Your own appropriaments .
Ford.

Appropriate Ap·pro"pri·ate adjective [ Latin appropriatus , past participle of appropriare ; ad + propriare to appropriate, from proprius one's own, proper. See Proper .] Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

In its strict and appropriate meaning.
Porteus.

Appropriate acts of divine worship.
Stillingfleet.

It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas.
Locke.

Appropriate Ap·pro"pri·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Appropriated ; present participle & verbal noun Appropriating ] 1. To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for ; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

3. To make suitable; to suit. [ Archaic] Paley.

4. (Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. Blackstone.

Appropriate Ap·pro"pri·ate noun A property; attribute. [ Obsolete]

Appropriately Ap·pro"pri·ate·ly adverb In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.

Appropriateness Ap·pro"pri·ate·ness noun The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness. Froude.

Appropriation Ap·pro`pri·a"tion noun [ Latin appropriatio : confer French appropriation .] 1. The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object.

2. Anything, especially money, thus set apart.

The Commons watched carefully over the appropriation .
Macaulay.

3. (Law) (a) The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone . (b) The application of payment of money by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts which are due from the former to the latter. Chitty.

Appropriative Ap·pro"pri·a·tive adjective Appropriating; making, or tending to, appropriation; as, an appropriative act. -- Ap*pro"pri*a*tive*ness , noun

Appropriator Ap·pro"pri·a`tor noun 1. One who appropriates.

2. (Law) A spiritual corporation possessed of an appropriated benefice; also, an impropriator.

Approvable Ap·prov"a·ble adjective Worthy of being approved; meritorious. -- Ap*prov"a*ble*ness , noun

Approval Ap·prov"al noun Approbation; sanction.

A censor . . . without whose approval n... capital sentences are to be executed.
Temple.

Syn. -- See Approbation .

Approvance Ap·prov"ance noun Approval. [ Archaic] Thomson.

Approve Ap·prove" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Approved ; present participle & verbal noun Approving .] [ Middle English aproven , appreven , to prove, Old French aprover , French approuver , to approve, from Latin approbare ; ad + probare to esteem as good, approve, prove. See Prove , and confer Approbate .] 1. To show to be real or true; to prove. [ Obsolete]

Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve
First thy obedience.
Milton.

2. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

Opportunities to approve . . . worth.
Emerson.

He had approved himself a great warrior.
Macaulay.

'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
Byron.

His account . . . approves him a man of thought.
Parkman.

3. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.

4. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.

5. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.
Rogers.

» This word, when it signifies to be pleased with , to think favorably ( of ), is often followed by of .

They had not approved of the deposition of James.
Macaulay.

They approved of the political institutions.
W. Black.

Approve Ap·prove" (ăp*prōv") transitive verb [ Old French aprouer ; a (L. ad ) + a form apparently derived from the pro , prod , in Latin prodest it is useful or profitable, properly the preposition pro for. Confer Improve .] (Eng. Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Approvedly Ap·prov"ed·ly adverb So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.

Approvement Ap·prove"ment noun [ Obsolete] 1. Approbation.

I did nothing without your approvement .
Hayward.

2. (Eng. Law) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's ) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States. Burrill. Bouvier.

Approvement Ap·prove"ment noun (Old Eng. Law) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.

Approver Ap·prov"er noun 1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.

2. An informer; an accuser. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement , 2.

Approver Ap·prov"er noun [ See 2d Approve , transitive verb ] (Eng. Law) A bailiff or steward; an agent. [ Obsolete] Jacobs.

Approving Ap·prov"ing adjective Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly , adverb

Approximate Ap·prox"i·mate adjective [ Latin approximatus , past participle of approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See Proximate .] 1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

Approximate quantities (Math.) , those which are nearly, but not, equal.

Approximate Ap·prox"i·mate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Approximated ; present participle & verbal noun Approximating .] 1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature.
Burke.

2. To come near to; to approach.

The telescope approximates perfection.
J. Morse.

Approximate Ap·prox"i·mate intransitive verb To draw; to approach.

Approximately Ap·prox"i·mate·ly adverb With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

Approximation Ap·prox`i·ma"tion noun [ Confer French approximation , Late Latin approximatio .] 1. The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.

The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are but an approximation to the proper standard and true symmetry of human nature.
I. Taylor.

2. An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.

3. (Math.) (a) A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation . (b) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.

Approximative Ap·prox"i·ma·tive adjective [ Confer French approximatif .] Approaching; approximate. -- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ly , adverb -- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ness , noun

Approximator Ap·prox"i·ma`tor noun One who, or that which, approximates.

Appui Ap`pui" noun [ French, from Latin ad + podium foothold, Greek ..., dim. of ..., ..., foot.] A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. [ Obsolete]

If a vine be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it.
Holland.

Point d'appui [ French, a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A given point or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advantageous defensive support, as a castle, morass, wood, declivity, etc.

Appui Ap`pui" noun (Man.) The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle. -- Point d'appui any point of support or basis of operations, as a rallying point.

Appulse Ap"pulse noun [ Latin appulsus , from appellere , appulsum , to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: confer French appulse .] 1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against.

In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs.
Holder.

2. (Astron.) The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.

Appulsion Ap·pul"sion noun A driving or striking against; an appulse.

Appulsive Ap·pul"sive adjective Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. P. Cyc.

Appulsively Ap·pul"sive·ly adverb By appulsion.

Appurtenance Ap·pur"te·nance noun [ Old French apurtenaunce , apartenance , French appartenance , Late Latin appartenentia , from Latin appertinere . See Appertain .] That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land. Tomlins. Bouvier. Burrill.

Globes . . . provided as appurtenances to astronomy.
Bacon.

The structure of the eye, and of its appurtenances .
Reid.

Appurtenant Ap·pur"te·nant adjective [ French appartenant , present participle of appartenir . See Appurtenance .] Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings. Blackstone.

Common appurtenant . (Law) See under Common, noun

Appurtenant Ap·pur"te·nant noun Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.

Mysterious appurtenants and symbols of redemption.
Coleridge.

Apricate Ap"ri·cate transitive verb & i. [ Latin apricatus , past participle of apricare , from apricus exposed to the sun, from aperire to uncover, open.] To bask in the sun. Boyle.

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