Approve: Definition and part of speech

Approve

  1. v. t. To make profit of; to convert to one’s own profit; — said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
  2. v. t. To show to be real or true; to prove.
  3. v. t. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
  4. v. t. To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; as, to approve the decision of a court-martial.
  5. v. t. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of; as, we approve the measured of the administration.
  6. v. t. To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Appurtenance: Definition and part of speech

Appurtenance

  1. n. That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in common parlance and legal acceptation, something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to it, as a right of way, or other easement to land; a right of common to pasture, an outhouse, barn, garden, or orchard, to a house or messuage. In a strict legal sense, land can never pass as an appurtenance to land.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Appurtenant: Definition and part of speech

Appurtenant

  1. n. Something which belongs or appertains to another thing; an appurtenance.
  2. a. Annexed or pertaining to some more important thing; accessory; incident; as, a right of way appurtenant to land or buildings.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Approvement: Definition and part of speech

Approvement

  1. n. Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor.
  2. n. Approbation.
  3. n. a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king’s (or queen’s) evidence in England, and state’s evidence in the United States.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Approver: Definition and part of speech

Approver

  1. v. t. A bailiff or steward; an agent.
  2. n. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
  3. n. An informer; an accuser.
  4. n. One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.