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Approbate
Approbate Ap"pro*bate, a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare
to approve.]
Approved. [Obs.] --Elyot.
Approbate
Approbate Ap"pro*bate, v. t.
To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction
officially.
I approbate the one, I reprobate the other. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Note: This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally
heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical
sense for license; as, a person is approbated to
preach; approbated to keep a public house. --Pickering
(1816).
Approbative
Approbative Ap"pro*ba*tive, a. [Cf. F. approbatif.]
Approving, or implying approbation. --Milner.
Approbativeness
Approbativeness Ap"pro*ba*tive*ness, n.
1. The quality of being approbative.
2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.
Approbator
Approbator Ap"pro*ba`tor, n. [L.]
One who approves. [R.]
Approbatory
Approbatory Ap"pro*ba`to*ry, a.
Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory.
--Sheldon.
Archosargus or Diplodus probatocephalusSheepshead Sheeps"head`, n. [So called because of the fancied
resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A large and valuable sparoid food fish (Archosargus, or
Diplodus, probatocephalus) found on the Atlantic coast of
the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds.
Note: The name is also locally, in a loose way, applied to
various other fishes, as the butterfish, the
fresh-water drumfish, the parrot fish, the porgy, and
the moonfish. Comprobate
Comprobate Com"pro*bate, v. i. [L. comprobatus, p. p. of
comprobare, to approve wholly.]
To agree; to concur. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.
Comprobation
Comprobation Com`pro*ba"tion, n. [L. comprobatio.]
1. Joint attestation; proof. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
2. Approbation. [Obs.] --Foxe.
Court of ProbateProbate Pro"bate, a.
Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a
probate record.
Probate Court, or Court of Probate, a court for the
probate of wills.
Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will.
[Eng.] Disapprobatory
Disapprobatory Dis*ap"pro*ba`to*ry, a.
Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove.
Improbate
Improbate Im"pro*bate, v. t. [L. improbatus, p. p. of
improbare to disapprove; pref. im- not + probare to approve.]
To disapprove of; to disallow. [Obs.]
Improbation
Improbation Im`pro*ba"tion, n. [L. improbatio.]
1. The act of disapproving; disapprobation.
2. (Scots Law) The act by which falsehood and forgery are
proved; an action brought for the purpose of having some
instrument declared false or forged. --Bell.
Improbative
Improbative Im"pro*ba*tive, Improbatory Im"pro*ba`to*ry, a.
Implying, or tending to, improbation.
Improbatory
Improbative Im"pro*ba*tive, Improbatory Im"pro*ba`to*ry, a.
Implying, or tending to, improbation.
ProbateProbate Pro"bate, n. [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to
prove. See Prove.]
1. Proof. [Obs.] --Skelton.
2. (Law)
(a) Official proof; especially, the proof before a
competent officer or tribunal that an instrument
offered, purporting to be the last will and testament
of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the
copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of
Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate
of its having been proved. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
(b) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills. Probate
Probate Pro"bate, v. t.
To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument
purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the
executor has probated the will.
ProbateProbate Pro"bate, a.
Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a
probate record.
Probate Court, or Court of Probate, a court for the
probate of wills.
Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will.
[Eng.] Probate CourtProbate Pro"bate, a.
Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a
probate record.
Probate Court, or Court of Probate, a court for the
probate of wills.
Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will.
[Eng.] Probate dutyProbate Pro"bate, a.
Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a
probate record.
Probate Court, or Court of Probate, a court for the
probate of wills.
Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will.
[Eng.] Probational
Probational Pro*ba"tion*al, a.
Probationary.
Probationary
Probationary Pro*ba"tion*a*ry, a.
Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial.
To consider this life . . . as a probationary state.
--Paley.
Probationer
Probationer Pro*ba"tion*er, n.
1. One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a
novice.
While yet a young probationer, And candidate of
heaven. --Dryden.
2. A student in divinity, who, having received certificates
of good morals and qualifications from his university, is
admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on
acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach. [Scot.]
Probationership
Probationership Pro*ba"tion*er*ship, n.
The state of being a probationer; novitiate. --Locke.
Probationship
Probationship Pro*ba"tion*ship, n.
A state of probation.
Probative
Probative Pro"ba*tive, a. [L. probativus: cf. F. probatif.]
Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probative
judgments; probative evidence. --South.
ProbatoryProbatory Pro"ba*to*ry, a. [Cf. F. probatoire.]
1. Serving for trial; probationary. --Abp. Bramhall.
2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. --Jer. Taylor.
Probatory term (Law), a time for taking testimony. Probatory termProbatory Pro"ba*to*ry, a. [Cf. F. probatoire.]
1. Serving for trial; probationary. --Abp. Bramhall.
2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. --Jer. Taylor.
Probatory term (Law), a time for taking testimony. ReprobateReprobate Rep"ro*bate (-b?t), a. [L. reprobatus, p. p. of
reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]
1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or
fineness; disallowed; rejected. [Obs.]
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the
Lord hath rejected them. --Jer. vi. 30.
2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and
lost; given up to vice; depraved.
And strength, and art, are easily outdone By spirits
reprobate. --Milton.
3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as,
reprobate conduct. ``Reprobate desire.' --Shak.
Syn: Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked;
profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned. Reprobate
Reprobate Rep"ro*bate, n.
One morally abandoned and lost.
I acknowledge myself for a reprobate, a villain, a
traitor to the king. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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