Approves meaning : To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. (followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept. To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of. (English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.