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Approbate

[AP-rə-beyt]

Part of speech: verb

Origin: Latin, 15th century

1.

Approve formally; sanction.

Examples of Approbate in a sentence

"In order to build a shed, the city council needed to approbate my project with a building permit."

"My boss approbated my expenses from my trip to the trade show."

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