(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. / (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

(transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

plural of approver

One who approves or gives approval. / (dated, law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; one who commits approvement.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve

plural of approvement

(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord. / (archaic) Approval; approbation.

simple past tense and past participle of approve

Having received approval. / (archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.

(archaic) Approval.