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approveverb to give official acceptance of as satisfactoryas soon as the pond project was approved, the bulldozers were at the site accredit, approbate, authorize, clear, confirm, finalize, formalize, homologate, OK(or okay), ratify, sanction, warrant accept, acknowledge, affirmcertify, endorse(also indorse), validatebless, canonize, sanctifyinitial, rubber-stamp, sign, sign off (on)allow, enable, legalize, license(also licence), pass, permitreapprove decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject, turn down, veto ban, enjoin, forbid, illegalize, interdict, prohibit, proscribedisregard, ignore, neglect, overlookrebuff, rebut, refuse, spurn approve, endorse, sanction, accredit, certify mean to have or express a favorable opinion of.approve often implies no more than this but may suggest considerable esteem or admiration.the parents approve of the marriage endorse suggests an explicit statement of support.publicly endorsed her for Senator sanction implies both approval and authorization.the President sanctioned covert operations accredit and certify usually imply official endorsement attesting to conformity to set standards.the board voted to accredit the college must be certified to teach in the 14th century |