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What is the verb for approval?

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approve
  1. (transitive) To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.
  2. (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
  3. (transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
  4. (intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. accept, confirm, sanction, authorise, authorize, bless, ratify, endorse, pass, mandate, validate, agree to, allow, second, warrant, advocate, approbate, licence, license, permit, recommend, uphold, back, clear, countenance, accredit, finalise, finalize, formalise, formalize, homologate, okay, support, accede, acquiesce, affirm, agree, assent, buy, certify, concur, consent, OK, seal, sign, consent to, rubber-stamp, accede to, assent to, greenlight … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Members voted to approve the plans, claiming the proposals were in accordance with policy and that there was both local and historic interest.”
      “I do approve of your choice of music.”
      “Well, I find that having someone approve of what I do has the same anaphrodisiac effect as a marriage licence.”
approve
  1. (transitive, English Law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. accept, confirm, sanction, authorise, authorize, bless, ratify, endorse, pass, mandate, validate, agree to, allow, second, warrant, advocate, approbate, licence, license, permit, recommend, uphold, back, clear, countenance, accredit, finalise, finalize, formalise, formalize, homologate, okay, support, accede, acquiesce, affirm, agree, assent, buy, certify, concur, consent, OK, seal, sign, consent to, rubber-stamp, accede to, assent to, greenlight … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Members voted to approve the plans, claiming the proposals were in accordance with policy and that there was both local and historic interest.”
      “I do approve of your choice of music.”
      “Well, I find that having someone approve of what I do has the same anaphrodisiac effect as a marriage licence.”
approved
  1. simple past tense and past participle of approve
  2. Synonyms:
      3. allowed, granted, authorized, gave, licensed, sanctioned, countenanced, assumed, bestowed, presented, legalized, legitimated, legitimatized, authorised, legalised, licenced, accepted, confirmed, blessed, ratified, blest, endorsed, passed, mandated, validated, seconded, warranted, upheld, advocated, permitted, approbated, recommended, backed, cleared, accredited, formalized, homologated, finalized, okayed, supported, concurred in, rubber stamped, finalised, acquiesced in, signed off on, acquiesced, greenlit, stumped for, sealed, signed … more
approving
  1. present participle of approve
  2. Synonyms:
      3. accepting, confirming, sanctioning, authorising, authorizing, blessing, ratifying, endorsing, passing, mandating, validating, agreeing to, allowing, seconding, warranting, advocating, approbating, licencing, licensing, permitting, recommending, upholding, backing, clearing, countenancing, accrediting, finalising, finalizing, formalising, formalizing, homologating, okaying, supporting, acceding, acquiescing, affirming, agreeing, assenting, buying, certifying, concurring, consenting, OKing, sealing, signing, consenting to, rubber-stamping, acceding to, assenting to, greenlighting … more
approves
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
  2. Synonyms:
      3. accepts, confirms, sanctions, authorises, authorizes, blesses, ratifies, endorses, passes, mandates, validates, agrees to, allows, seconds, warrants, advocates, approbates, licences, licenses, permits, recommends, upholds, backs, clears, countenances, accredits, finalises, finalizes, formalises, formalizes, homologates, okays, supports, accedes, acquiesces, affirms, agrees, assents, buys, certifies, concurs, consents, OKs, seals, signs, consents to, rubber-stamps, accedes to, assents to, greenlights … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “If the public inquiry, which began on Tuesday, approves the scheme, the firm will produce the final designs to allow building to begin.”
      “As soon as the EU Commission approves the scheme the necessary application forms will be made available to farmers.”
      “Most food additives go through extensive safety testing before the Food and Drug Administration approves them for human consumption.”
approveth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
approvest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of approve
approven
  1. (archaic) past participle of approve
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