approbate

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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

I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Gracious knows, I don't approbate coarseness, it shocks me, but narvous sensibility makes me sick.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Aceldama   A place with dreadful associations. animadversion   Strong criticism. approbate   Sanction officially; authorize. arbitrament   Arbitrating; arbitration.

From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry