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1590. Spenser, F. Q., II. x. 65. Hengist and Horsus, well approu’d in warre.
1596. Shaks., Tam. Shr., I. i. 7. My trustie seruant well approu’d in all.
c. 1611. Chapman, Iliad, XVII. 437. He cald to friend, these well-approu’d supplies; Th’ Aiaces, and the Spartan king.
1684. Bunyan, Pilgr., II. (1900), 212. There dwelt also not far from thence one Mr. Skill, an antient and well approved Physician.
