approbate

Example Sentences

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This is so congenial with the constitution of our own state, that I need not advance any argument to induce the free citizens of Massachusetts to approbate it.

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

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

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

How often does the professor whose duty it is to criticise and approbate the pieces for this exhibition wish they were better!

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer