Approbative
/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
Adjective
- 1 Expressing approval.
"approbative criticism"
- 2 Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
"And if the words have any graine of truth in them, they must be undestood [sic] not of an Authorative, but onely of a Consultive Power to advise him, or at the most approbative, to give their assent to Laws propounded, he having limited himselfe to make no Laws without them."
Adjective
- 1 expressing or manifesting praise or approval wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"His late Display of unparralled [sic] Generosity to a distressed, though reputable Family, will be enrolled in the Court above; and from the recording Angel, instead of a Tear, extort an approbative smile."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin approbātīvus, from Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”).