Expressing approbation; commending

present participle of approve

An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.

(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. / (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

(transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

Having received approval. / (archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.

simple past tense and past participle of approve

Able to be confirmed or approved.

The state or quality of being approvable.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve