- 1. a. Approved. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially. Source: opted
- 3. v. approve or sanction officially Source: wordnet
- 4. v. accept (documents) as valid Source: wordnet
- 5. word/approved">Approved. [Obs.] Elyot. To word/express">express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially. I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. Sir W. Hamilton. Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. Pickering (1816). Source: webster
- 6. Approved. [Obs.] Elyot. Source: adambom
- 7. v. approve or sanction officially v. accept (documents) as valid Source: ecdict
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