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Approving

noun

The formal act of approving. Synonyms: approval, blessing. "His decision merited the approval of any sensible person"

adjective

Expressing or manifesting praise or approval. Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive. "An affirmative nod"

Approve

verb

(past & past part. approved; pres. part. approving)

Give sanction to. Synonyms: O.K., okay, sanction.

Judge to be right or commendable; think well of.

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... looked at Cleggett with a new and more approving gaze. Neither of them quite realized it, but she had challenged his ability to dominate her, and she had been worsted; he had unconsciously met and satisfied in her that subtle inherent craving for domination which all women possess and so few ...

— The Cruise of the Jasper B. • Don Marquis

... with his male guests, and gallant towards the females; to such of them as are pretty he may risk a compliment or two, which is sure to be received from him with an approving smile. ...

— The Jest Book - The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings • Mark Lemon

... particularly the fugitives from these States during the Revolutionary War; and at the same time suggested, if this could be obtained, some of the Portuguese possessions in South America, as next most desirable. The subsequent Legislature approving these ideas, I wrote, the ensuing year, 1802, to Mr. King, our Minister in London, to endeavor to negotiate with the Sierra Leone company a reception of such of these people as might be colonized thither. He opened a correspondence with Mr. Wedderbourne and ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 • Various

... heard?" This was from Viola to Bertha Haughton. She patted herself all over while she talked, now her hair, now her collar, now her blouse, little approving pats. ...

— Peggy • Laura E. Richards

... stalking towards the steps, out from a little path that wound among the thick-growing laurels issued Paul Filey. He raised his eyes, and hurriedly thrust a small book into his pocket. The young lady paused, but only apparently to pat, or rather to administer an approving cuff to, the Bedlington terrier lying ...

— The Convert • Elizabeth Robins

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