Definition von „approve“ auf Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.

   • Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.

2. (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.

3. (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

   • 1812–1818, Lord Byron, Child Harolde's Piligrimage 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.

4. (intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.

   • Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.

5. (archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.

verb

1. (transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.