approve to ratify, to confirm:
“approve it with a text,”
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, iii. 2.
79
;
“to approve the fair conceit The king hath of you”
HENRY VIII., ii. 3. 74
; (
“to strengthen, by my commendation, the [good] opinion which
the king has formed [of you],”
JOHNSON)
“Your favour is well approved by your tongue,”
CORIOLANUS, iv. 3. 9
; (
“appeared,”
Cambridge
)
“He may approve our eyes,”
HAMLET, i. 1. 29
; (
“make good the testimony of,”
MALONE
)
“approve the common saw,”
KING LEAR, ii. 2. 155
(
“exemplify the common proverb,”
JOHNSON)
“he approves the common liar”
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, i. 1.
60.
(fame)
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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