Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 45016 6995848 2009-07-17T16:51:21Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/əˈpɹuːv/}}, {{SAMPA|/@"pru:v/}} *: {{rhymes|uːv}} * {{a|WEAE}} {{IPA|/ʌˈpɹuv/}}, {{SAMPA|/V"pruv/}} ===Etymology 1=== {{etyl|enm}} {{term||[[aproven]], [[appreven]]|to prove}}, {{etyl|fro}} {{term|aprover}}, {{etyl|fr}} {{term|approuver||to approve}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|approbo|approbō|lang=la}}, from {{term|ad|lang=la}} + {{term|probo|probō|to esteem as good, approve, prove|lang=la}}. Compare {{term|prove}}, {{term|approbate}}. ====Verb==== {{en-verb|approv|ing}} # {{transitive}} To [[sanction]] officially; to [[ratify]]; to [[confirm]]. #: ''Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless '''approve''' the sentence handed down by the court-martial.'' # {{transitive}} To [[regard]] as [[good]]; to [[commend]]; to be [[pleased]] with; to think well of. #: ''We '''approve''' the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.'' # {{transitive}} To make [[proof]] of; to [[demonstrate]]; to [[prove]] or [[show]] [[practically]]. #* [[w:Ralph Waldo Emerson|Ralph Waldo Emerson]], #*: Opportunities to '''approve''' . . . worth. #* [[w:Thomas Babington Macaulay|Thomas Babington Macaulay]], #*: He had '''approved''' himself a great warrior. #* [[w:George Gordon Byron|George Gordon Byron]], #*: 'T is an old lesson; Time '''approves''' it true. #* [[w:Francis Parkman|Francis Parkman]], #*: His account . . . '''approves''' him a man of thought. # {{intransitive}} To consider or show to be [[worthy]] of [[approbation]] or [[acceptance]]. #* [[w:Henry Rogers|Henry Rogers]], #*: The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God. #: Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of), is often followed by of. #* [[w:Thomas Babington Macaulay|Thomas Babington Macaulay]], #*: They had not '''approved''' of the deposition of James. #* [[w:William Black|William Black]], #*: They '''approved''' of the political institutions. =====Derived terms===== * [[approval]] * [[approvable]] * [[approvably]] * [[approbation]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|доказвам|sc=Cyrl}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|goedkeuren}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: [[osoittaa]], [[näyttää]] [[todeksi]] * Italian: {{t+|it|approvare}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|утвърждавам|sc=Cyrl}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|schválit}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|goedkeuren}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: [[hyväksyä]], [[vahvistaa]], [[antaa]] [[suostumus]] * Greek: {{t+|el|εγκρίνω|tr=egkríno|sc=Grek}} * Italian: {{t+|it|approvare}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|استحسن|tr=istaHasana|sc=Arab}} * Bulgarian: {{t|bg|одобрявам|sc=Cyrl}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|schvalovat}} {{trans-mid}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|goedkeuren}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|hyväksyä}}, {{t+|fi|suvaita}} * Greek: {{t+|el|εγκρίνω|tr=egkríno|sc=Grek}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance}} * Dutch: {{t|nl|instemmen met}} * Greek: {{t+|el|εγκρίνω|tr=egkríno|sc=Grek}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[賛成する]] (sansei suru) {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 2=== Old French [[aprouer]]; {{term|a|lang=fro}} + a form apparently derived from the pro, prod, in {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|prosum|prōsum|be useful or profitable|lang=la}}. Compare with [[improve]]. ====Verb==== {{en-verb|approv|ing}} # {{transitive}} (English 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. ===References=== * {{R:Webster 1913}} [[de:approve]] [[et:approve]] [[fa:approve]] [[fr:approve]] [[gl:approve]] [[io:approve]] [[it:approve]] [[hu:approve]] [[ja:approve]] [[pl:approve]] [[ru:approve]] [[simple:approve]] [[fi:approve]] [[ta:approve]] [[te:approve]] [[th:approve]] [[uk:approve]] [[vi:approve]] [[zh:approve]]