Approbate
Approbate ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Latin approbatus, past participle of approbare to approve.]
Approved. [Obsolete] — Elyot
Approbate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.
I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.
This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep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.