Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by giving authority to it; confirmation; approbation.
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Approbation; sanction.
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To show to be real or true; to prove.
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The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
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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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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.
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The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
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To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try an…
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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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The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
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A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…
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To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
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Same as Indorse.
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To cover the back of; to load or burden.
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To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…
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The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
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To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
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To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
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To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
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That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…
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That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…
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To show to be real or true; to prove.
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Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authori…
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The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
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To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
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Same as Indorsement.
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A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published.
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The act of writing on the back of a note, bill, or other written instrument.
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To make sacred or holy; to set apart to a holy or religious use; to consecrate by appropriate rites; to hallow.
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That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which on…
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