approbative
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His supporters in New York, who range from Mayor Edward Koch to Philanthropist and Civic Leader Brooke Astor, also praise him in what has become an almost monotonously approbative Gregorian chant.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the first, then they cannot intend any but those moral powers who are said to be of God, in respect of his approbative and preceptive will.
From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by The Reformed Presbytery
Had one been able to explode a ton of dynamite when Mr. Fischer ended it would have been accepted by the audience as not more than a fitting amount of approbative noise.
From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Henry Edward Krehbiel
The new president of the university arose and eyed him with a peculiarly approbative and grateful gaze.
From The Titan by Theodore Dreiser
As she leaned forward listening, with her lips slightly parted, Margaret gave an unconscious little approbative nod of the head.
From The Stillwater Tragedy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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