v. Obs. or dial. [ad. OF. a(p)preuve, tonic stem of aprover (sometimes even extended to inf. appreuver, Godef.); the northern and, esp., Sc. equivalent of APPROVE v.1 With approbā-, apreuve, apreve, cf. afforā-, affeure, affeer, and the north. meve for move. Now obs., exc. in later pa. pple. approven (on analogy of weave, woven, etc.), which is regarded merely as a Sc. variant of approved.] = APPROVE v.1
c. 1375. Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 388. Eny state aprevyd of God.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, XIX. 8055. Hit is a propertie apreuit.
1526. Act Jas. V. (1814), 310 (Jam.). Ratifijs and appreuis the contract and appunctuament made.
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scotl., II. 175. Richt mony … Apprevit weill that that counsall wes gude.
1676. W. Row, Suppl. Blair’s Autobiog., xi. (1848), 291. After some smoothings of it, it was approven.
1823. Chalmers, Serm., I. 146. It is approven of as having about it the solemn and suitable Characteristics of Godliness.
