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

He answered, "All power is ordained of God by his provident will, but every power assumed by man is not so by his approbative and preceptive will."

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John

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 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

You are sensitive, approbative, delicately organized; your whole nature inclines you to give way and yield to the nature of those around you.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various

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 Krehbiel, Henry Edward