Approve :: Approve (v. t.) To show to be real or true; to prove.

Approve :: Approve (v. t.) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

Approve :: Approve (v. t.) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial..

Approve :: Approve (v. t.) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration..

Approve :: Approve (v. t.) To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

Approve :: Approve (v. t.) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Approved :: Approved (imp. & p. p.) of Approv.

Approvedly :: Approvedly (adv.) So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.

Approvement :: Approvement (n.) Approbation.

Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..

Approvement :: Approvement (n.) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor..

Approver :: Approver (n.) One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial..

Approver :: Approver (n.) An informer; an accuser.

Approver :: Approver (n.) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2..

Approver :: Approver (v. t.) A bailiff or steward; an agent.

Counterprove :: Counterprove (v. t.) To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter..

Counterproved :: Counterproved (imp. & p. p.) of Counterprov.

Disapprove :: Disapprove (v. t.) To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others..

Disapprove :: Disapprove (v. t.) To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief..

Disapproved :: Disapproved (imp. & p. p.) of Disapprov.

Disapprover :: Disapprover (n.) One who disapproves.

Disimprove :: Disimprove (v. t.) To make worse; -- the opposite of improve.

Disimprove :: Disimprove (v. i.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.

Disimprovement :: Disimprovement (n.) Reduction from a better to a worse state; as, disimprovement of the earth..

Disprove :: Disprove (v. t.) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

Disprove :: Disprove (v. t.) To disallow; to disapprove of.

Disproved :: Disproved (imp. & p. p.) of Disprov.

Disprover :: Disprover (n.) One who disproves or confutes.

Improve :: Improve (v. t.) To disprove or make void; to refute.

Improve :: Improve (v. t.) To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence..

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