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approve +‎ -er

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approver (plural approvers)

  1. One who approves or gives approval.
    • 1680, John Bunyan, Life and Death of Mr. Badman:
      Therefore, as when men wickedly swear they rend and tear God's name, and make him, as much as in them lies, the avoucher and approver of all their wickedness []
  2. (dated, law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; one who commits approvement.

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