approve

1. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.

   Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.

2. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

   We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.

3. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
4. (followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.

   Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.

5. To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.

verb

(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.