Chapter Appraisement to Appromt of A by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Approacher
(Ap*proach"er) n. One who approaches.

Approaching
(Ap*proach"ing), n. (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; — called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.

Approachless
(Ap*proach"less), a. Impossible to be approached.

Approachment
(Ap*proach"ment) n. [Cf. F. approachement.] Approach. [Archaic] Holland.

Approbate
(Ap"pro*bate) a. [L. approbatus, p. p. of approbare to approve.] Approved. [Obs.] Elyot.

Approbate
(Ap"pro*bate) v. t. To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially.

I approbate the one, I reprobate the other.
Sir W. Hamilton.

This word is obsolete in England, but is occasionally heard in the United States, chiefly in a technical sense for license; as, a person is approbated to preach; approbated to keep a public house. Pickering

Approbation
(Ap`pro*ba"tion) n. [L. approbatio: cf. F. approbation. See Approve to prove.]

1. Proof; attestation. [Obs.] Shak.

2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation.

Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation.
Macaulay.

The silent approbation of one's own breast.
Melmoth.

Animals . . . love approbation or praise.
Darwin.

3. Probation or novitiate. [Obs.]

This day my sister should the cloister enter,
And there receive her approbation.
Shak.

Syn. — Approval; liking; sanction; consent; concurrence. — Approbation, Approval. Approbation and approval have the same general meaning, assenting to or declaring as good, sanction, commendation; but approbation is stronger and more positive. "We may be anxious for the approbation of our friends; but we should be still more anxious for the approval of our own consciences." "He who is desirous to obtain universal approbation will learn a good lesson from the fable of the old man and his ass." "The work has been examined by several excellent judges, who have expressed their unqualified approval of its plan and execution."

Approbative
(Ap"pro*ba*tive) a. [Cf. F. approbatif.] Approving, or implying approbation. Milner.

Approbativeness
(Ap"pro*ba*tive*ness), n.

1. The quality of being approbative.

2. (Phren.) Love of approbation.

Approbator
(Ap"pro*ba`tor) n. [L.] One who approves. [R.]

Approbatory
(Ap"pro*ba`to*ry) a. Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.