approve ment2 (aprovment)

[Prop. ap prowment (see approve2 ), approver1 (a-pröʻvėr), n. [ME. * approvour, usually provour, only in def. 1; or state's evidence. In the 22 Edw. III. a commi ion was i ued to inquire into the practice of torturing men by gaolers to compel them to become approvers . Stubbs , Const. Hist., III. 288, note. approver2+ (a-prö'ver), n. [Prop. apprower (see approve2 ), apprower , approwour , ap prouour, AF. aprovour, Or a proc or (Map prouator, appruator, NL. appro bat or ), a bailiff or steward of a manor; an agent. approvingly (a-prö'ving-li), adv. In a commendatory manner; in such a way as to imply approval.