|  approbate 
 
 1. approve or sanction officially
 • Derivationally related forms:
 approval, approbation
 • Hypernyms:
 authorize, authorise, pass, clear
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 2. accept (documents) as valid
 • Ant:
 reprobate
 • Derivationally related forms:
 approbation
 • Hypernyms:
 accept
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 
 
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