Italian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin approbāre (I deem as good, I approve). Doublet of approvare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ap.proˈba.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ap‧pro‧bà‧re

Verb

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approbàre (first-person singular present appròbo, first-person singular past historic approbài, past participle approbàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (literary, obsolete) Alternative form of approvare

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • approbare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Verb

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approbāre

  1. inflection of approbō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative