approbate
approbate — verb
- approbatepresent simple I / you / we / they
- approbates3rd person singular
- approbating-ing form
- approbatedpast simple
1. to give something your official agreement, usually through a court, government b
to give something your official agreement, usually through a court, government body, or other authority that has the power to do so.
The city council approbated the new bridge design after months of public debate.
approbate + [plan/design] for formal approval by an authority
Parliament finally approbated the treaty, making the trade deal legally binding.
Every structural plan must be approbated by the safety board before building starts.
Judge Eitan approbated the settlement and closed the long dispute between the two firms.
The bishop would not approbate the marriage until both families agreed to it.
文法句型
approbate + object (a document, plan, or agreement)
用法筆記
Subject is almost always an official body — a court, council, board, or church authority — rather than a private individual giving casual approval.
常見錯誤
2. to claim the favourable parts of a will, contract, or other document while refus
to claim the favourable parts of a will, contract, or other document while refusing to be bound by its less convenient terms.
You cannot approbate the will by taking the house and then reject its debts.
approbate X then reject Y: the selective-acceptance contrast
The heir tried to approbate the contract, keeping the land but ignoring the loan.
Courts will not let a party approbate a deed and reprobate it at once.
Roya wanted to approbate the agreement, accepting the salary but not the relocation clause.
A beneficiary may not approbate one clause of a trust while rejecting another.
- cherry-pick
informal; same idea of keeping the good parts, no legal weight
- reprobate
the fixed legal counterpart — to reject the parts you do not approbate
文法句型
approbate + object (a will, deed, or contract)
用法筆記
Almost always appears in the fixed pairing 'approbate and reprobate', the rule against accepting a document's benefits while dodging its burdens. Distinguish from sense 1, where the whole thing is approved.