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approbate
verb[ I or T ]
law US or Scottish Englishformal or specializeduk /ˈæp.rə.beɪt/ us /ˈæp.rə.beɪt/
to formally or legally approve or agree to something:
This Constitution shall approbate new regions established in accordance with its provisions.
This statement was neither approbated nor rejected by the appellate court.
approbate and reprobate
to accept some parts of a document, etc. because they suit or help you, and not accept others:
The children argued that their stepmother was approbating and reprobating by claiming first that one will was the true will, and then another.
This is the repentance that Moses preached, and that Jesus approbated.
No litigant, even a defendant in a criminal case, will be permitted to approbate and reprobate.
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