approve Copy link Outline I. To regard as right and (sometimes) to command1. prŏbo, 12. apprŏbo, 13. comprŏbo, 14. scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 (usu. of the sanction of the people in its legislative capacity)5. ascisco, 3 (rare in this sense6. annŭo, ŭi, 3 (with dat.II. To prove, show oneself to be • approve: I. To regard as right and (sometimes) to command: 1. prŏbo, 1: I greatly praise and a. of your plan, istam rationem laudo vehementer et p., Cic.: to a. of a place, locum p., Cic. 2. apprŏbo, 1: the R. people a.d of my oath, populus R. meum jusjurandum approbavit, Cic.: they a. the speech, orationem approbant, Caes.: Liv. 3. comprŏbo, 1: I very strongly a. of that opinion of yours, istam tuam sententiam vehementissime comprobo, Cic. (The foregoing words are nearly equivalent, but comprobo is the strongest.) 4. scisco, scīvi, scītum, 3 (usu. of the sanction of the people in its legislative capacity): the consuls legally asked the assent of the people, and the people legally a.d, consules populum jure rogaverunt, populusque jure scivit, Cic. 5. ascisco, 3 (rare in this sense: v. to admit, adopt): the Latins a.d what the R. people had directed, quod populus R. jusserat, Latini asciverunt, Cic. 6. annŭo, ŭi, 3 (with dat.: chiefly poet.): a. my bold undertaking, audacibus annue coeptis, Virg. Phr: to a. of an alliance, societatem ratam ducere, Liv.: your proceedings will be a.d by me, ista rata mihi erunt, Cic.: I do not a. of the transaction, nollem factum, Ter.: Cic.: that (poet) is a.d by all, who blends the useful and the agreeable, omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci, Hor.: do you a. of everything? tu nihil reprehendis? Hor.: I should like them to a., quibus haec arridere velim, Hor.: to a. with outward signs, clapping, etc., plaudo, applaudo: v. to applaud. II. To prove, show oneself to be: v. to prove.
APPROVE Copy link • APPROVEprobare aliquem or aliquid: approbare, comprobare aliquid: laudare (to praise): praedicare (to extol): assentire or assentiri alicui rei (assent to): album calculum adjicere alicui rei (Plin., vote for it): ratum habere (to recognize as valid; e.g., the acts of a governor, etc.: of a law, sometimes jubere). To approve of what has been done, probare ea quae facta sunt. See more under Approbation. To approve one’s self to anybody, se alicui probare. To approve one’s selffaithful, etc., se fidum praestare, praebere. To prove, probare aliquid alicui, etc., Vid: Approved, to be, probari alicui or ab aliquo: placere alicui; laudari (to be praised, etc.): satisfacere (to satisfy). More under APPROBATION. Approved (= tried and allowed to be so): probatus; spectatus; spectatus et probatus; spectatus et cognitus; spectatus jam et diu cognitus; confessus (allowed). A man of approved virtue, integrity, etc., homo probatus or spectatus; homo virtute cognita; vir spectatae integritatis.