approbo Latin · revision 8204

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈap.prɔ.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈap.pro.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''approbō''' (present infinitive approbāre, perfect active approbāvī, supine approbātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''adprobō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[ad-]] and [[probō]] “to test, approve”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of approving.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to approve, commend, as in Plautus, and in Vitruvius to make acceptable.^(OLD 2012) In Catullus it meant to prove the worth of, in Pliny the Elder to show that something exists, and in Pacuvius to prove a prediction true.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to assent, approve, favour, establish, confirm.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''approvare'', French ''approuver'' and Spanish ''aprobar'', and through Old French it gave [[en|approve]] about 1300, first meaning “to prove”; its participle gave [[en|approbate]].^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of approving.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 220–130 BC – Pacuvius uses it of confirming.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1300 – English ''approve'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|approve]], commend.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To make acceptable.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To prove the worth of; to show.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To confirm.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[approbātiō]]

+ * [[approbātor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[comprobō]]

+ * [[improbō]]

+ * [[probō]]

+ * [[reprobō]]

+ * [[en|approve]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}