Read full poem →they did. And when once he gave his opinion to the people, and
was met with the general approbation and applause of the
assembly, turning to some of his friends, he asked them, “‘ Have
Dictionary Entry
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
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Origin
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Common Phrases
. approbationapprobation generalapprobation publicapprobation entire
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “approbation”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Cka. Why then, as the last token of my full consent and approbation, I give you my hand.
Ant. There's mine.
Read full poem →And I view with approbation that official's hesitation,
Read full poem →Charles Sedley of Terence's "Eunuchus," had been often represented
with the highest approbation. But the satire of Dryden was rather
accounted too personal, than too loose. The character of Limberham has
Read full poem →Matréna's father, Kotchúbey, together with his friend Iskra, were
executed with the Tsar's assent and approbation. Before long, however,
Mazeppa, who had been for some time past in secret correspondence with
Read full poem →to be criticized by it, and finally, if it saw fit, to be published with
its declared approbation. The works of other writers, not members of the
Academy, might also, at the request of these writers themselves, be
Read full poem →an undisciplined overflowing of the soul, rests its claim to
approbation on an attempt to imitate the untamable wildness and
inaccessible solemnity from which those feelings sprang.'
Read full poem →the congregation smiling approbation at his defeat. "
Read full poem →an acceptable contribution to the mass of national literature. That the
present edition has, perhaps, fairer claims on public approbation than
most preceding ones, we feel ourselves justified in asserting, without
Read full poem →prevailed among the sons of trade; for the proposal of the College having
been considered, a paper of approbation was drawn up, but postponed and
forgotten.