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Approbative

//ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Expressing approval.

    "approbative criticism"

  2. 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. 1
    expressing or manifesting praise or approval wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin approbātīvus, from Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”).

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin approbātīvus, from Latin approbō (“assert, accept, confirm”).

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