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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
approved (not comparable)
- Having received approval.
Employees' approved expense claims will be reimbursed by the 4th of the following month.
- (archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii:Now woorthy Tamburlaine, haue I repoſ’d,
In thy approoued Fortunes all my hope,
What thinkſt thou man, ſhal come of our attempts?
Coordinate terms
- authorized (in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval)
Derived terms
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Verb
approved
- simple past and past participle of approve