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Approved   /əprˈuvd/   Listen
Approved

adjective
1.
Established by authority; given authoritative approval.  Synonym: sanctioned.



Approve

verb
(past & past part. approved; pres. part. approving)
1.
Give sanction to.  Synonyms: O.K., okay, sanction.
2.
Judge to be right or commendable; think well of.



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"Approved" Quotes from Famous Books



... provinces, superintending and preaching. By request of the Convention (which was crowded by persons not used to attend), some preachers drew up, in four days, a Confession of Faith, on the lines of Calvin's rule at Geneva: this was approved and passed on August 17. The makers of the document profess their readiness to satisfy any critic of any point "from the mouth of God" (out of the Bible), but the pace was so good that either no criticism was offered or it was very rapidly "satisfied." On August 24 four acts were passed ...
— A Short History of Scotland • Andrew Lang

... none; the US Government has not approved a standard for hydrographic codes—see the Cross-Reference List of Hydrographic ...
— The 1999 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... together in the presence of the twelve apostles, and we made our statements. My accusers said what they had to say, and then I replied. When Brigham had heard our statements he scolded my accusers sharply, and approved of what I had done. He then said that we must not have ill-feeling, and directed us to shake hands and be friends. I was the first that arose to comply. We shook hands; still, though we agreed to drop the matter, the old spirit lingered, ...
— The Mormon Menace - The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite • John Doyle Lee

... approved what I said at Watford. I never dreamt of the speech making a sensation, but it has; and as there was nothing remarkable in it, it is a proof that people were looking for an assurance from somebody that a policy of spoliation was ...
— Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. - In Two Volumes. VOL. II. • John Knox Laughton

... are clean, interesting, vivid, by leading writers of the day and purchased under conditions approved by the Authors' League ...
— Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 • Various


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