Approbate: alternatives and connections

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Approbate

Approved.

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Accept 76% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

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Authorize 76% connected

To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

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Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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