approbate (aprobat)

[L. appro bat us. PP. In Scots law, accepted. See the verb. approbate (ap'ro-bat), v. t.; pret. and pp. ap probated, ppr. approbating. [ verb.] 1. Approved. T. Elyot.-2. The cause of this battle every man did allow and appro bate . Hall , Hen. VII., an. 5. Mr. Hutch in son approbated the choice. J. Eliot . 2. To license: as, to approbate a person to preach; to approbate a man to keep a hotel or other public house. [United States.] 3. In Scots law, to approve or a ent to as valid: chiefly in the following phrase. - Approbate and reprobate, in Scots law , to attempt to take advantage of one part of a deed while rejecting the rest: as, for example, where a disposition on a death-bed revokes a previous liege-poustie conveyance to the prejudice of the heir at law, but still gives the estate past the heir. The heir who abides by the deed in so far as it revokes the liege-poustie deed to his prejudice, while he challenges it on of death-bed, so as it defeats interest in the estate, is said to approbate and reprobate the deed. This, however, is contrary to law, and cannot be done; he must elect between the two alternatives; hence in English law the act is called election. This is not an ordinary case of election, but I consider that it is not open to her both to approbate and reprobate - to take benefits under the settlement, and by her will to dispose of property which is comprised therein in a manner not in accordance with its provisions. Weekly Reporter , XXXII. 581. approbation (ap-rō-bā'shon), n. [ appro bation , proof, L. approbatio (n-), appro bare , pp. appro bat us : see approve1 .] 1. The act of approving or commending; the giving of a ent to something as proper or praiseworthy; sanetion; approval; commendation. The silent approbation of one's own breast. Melmoth , tr. of Pliny's Letters, i. 8. Both managers and authors of the least merit laugh at your pretensions. The public is their critic-without whose fair approbation they know no play can rest on the stage. Sheridan, The Critic, i. 1. If the approbation of good men be an object fit to be pursued, it is fit to be enjoyed. D. Webster , Speech, Senate, May 27, 1834. 2. In the Rom. Cath. Ch., the official judgment of a bishop or his representative approving the fitne of a priest for hearing confe ion. It is distinct from the conferring of jurisdiction or power of absolving, though, except in case of danger of death, nece ary to the valid exercise of the latter. See jurisdiction. 3. An official sanction or license formerly required in England, France, etc., for the publication of a book or other writing.-4. Conclusive evidence; proof. Shak. - 5t. Proba This day my sister should the cloister enter, And there receive her approbation . Shak., M. for M., i. 3. =Syn. 1. Approbation, Approval, liking, commendation; sanction, consent, concurrence. Approbation and approval mation. The approaches to the city of New Orleans, from the eastern quarter also, will require to be examined, and more effectually guarded. Jefferson, Works, VIII. 64. which on either side of the Rhone. C. D. Warner, Roundabout Journey, p. 46. 5. pl. In fort ., the works thrown up by besiegers to protect themselves in their advances toward a fortre . Compare boyau . - Counter approaches, in fort . , works carried on by the besieged against those of the besiegers.- Curve of equal approach, in math ., a curve along which a body descending are becoming separated in meaning, approbation being used more for the inward feeling, and approval more for the formal act. IMG:content-1010.png:[blocks in formation] sion of others; claim or use as by an exclusive right: as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. To themselves appropriating