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approbatio

approbatio, an approval, approbation

apprŏbātĭo (adp-), ōnis, f. [approbo].
  • An approving, allowing, assenting to, approbation, acquiescence (most freq. in Cic.): id volgi adsensu et populari approbatione judicari solet, Cic. Brut. 49, 185: id. Tusc. 2, 1, 3: hoc decorum movet adprobationem, id. Off. 1, 28, 98; id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 17: hominum, Liv. 23, 23.—In plur.: non adprobationes solum movere, Cic. Or. 71, 236. —Hence, approbatio testium, approbation, i.e. reception, Auct. Her. 2, 6.—
  • II Proof, confirmation (only in Cic.): haec propositio indiget approbationis, Cic. Inv. 1, 36 and 37: assumptionis, proof of the minor proposition, id. ib. 1, 34.

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