approbate

Example Sentences

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The Stadtholder was too wary a politician to approbate immediately so sweeping a proposal, and referred it to the States-General.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

I approbate domestic factories, but nothin further for us.

From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

I approbate domestic factories, but nothin' further for us.

From The Clockmaker Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Alan?' said my father—'Would you approbate and reprobate, sir?

From Redgauntlet by Scott, Walter, Sir

But says Vox Populi, perhaps the new plan will not have the same number to approbate it, that the constitution of this State had.

From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester