approval (aproval)

[ A censor. without whose approval no capital sentences are to be executed. Sir W. Temple , Heroic Virtues. He was tender, insinuating, anxious for her approval , eager to unfold himself to her. Mrs. Oliphant, Hester, xxii. =Syn. Approbation , Approval (see approbation ), acceptance, consent, authorization. approvance (a-prö'vans), n. [ approvel (a-pröv'), v.; pret. and pp. approved (rarely pp. approven, after proven ), ppr. approving. [Early mod. E. also approove, What damned error but some sober brow Will ble it, and approve it with a text? Shak ., M. of V., iii. 2. Milton , P. L., ix. 367. The Guardian Angels of Paradise are described as returning to Heaven upon the Fall of Man, in order to approve their Vigilance. Add is on, Spectator, No. 357. 2. To show; prove to be; demonstrate. In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 2 Cor. vii. 11. 'Tis an old le on; Time approves it true. Byron, Childe Harold, ii. 35. 3. To sanction officially; ratify authoritatively: as, the decision of the court martial was ap proved. Wouldst thou approve thy constancy? Approve First thy obedience. And by thy coming certainly approve The pledge of peace. Ford , Honour Triumphant. 4. To pronounce good; think or judge well of; admit the propriety or excellence of; be pleased with; commend: as, on trial the goods were approved; to approve the policy of the administration. reigns, I shall neither approve nor condemnt Ps. xlix. 13. Yet their posterity approve their sayings. The deed which closed the mortal course of these sove- Jefferson, Autobiog., p. 82. She wore the colours I approved . Tennyson, The Letters. 5. To manifest as worthy of approval; commend: used reflexively. The miracles of Christianity, so far from shocking me, approve themselves at once to my intellect and my heart. Channing , Perfect Life, p. 248. 6. To put to the test; prove by trial; try. Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 1. A hundred knights with Palamon there came, Approv'd in fight, and men of mighty name. Dryden, Pal. and Arc., 1. 1299. Hence-7t. To convict upon trial or by proof. He that is approv'd in this offence. Shak ., Othello, ii. 3. Approved bill or note, in com., a bill or note drawn by a solvent, trustworthy party, and to which therefore no rea sonable objection can be made. II. in trans. 11. To show itself to be; prove or turn out. 2. To think or judge well or favorably; be pleased: usually with of . I showed you a piece of black and white stuff, just sent from the dyer; which you were pleased to approve of and be my customer for. Swift .