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approbate

[ap-ruh-beyt] / ˈæp rəˌbeɪt /


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If museums are serious about globalizing their collections, it won’t do just to pick out a few Africans or Asians or Latin Americans whose art superficially resembles what the West already approbates.

From New York Times

I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.

From Project Gutenberg

The refined taste which approbates these qualifications is also displayed in the selection of dramas suitable for their display.

From Project Gutenberg

Convictions for the forgery and theft are approbated -- the sentence for insurance fraud, however, is vacated.

From Washington Post

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 Project Gutenberg