| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To be favorably disposed toward: countenance, favor, hold with. Informal : go for. Idioms: take kindly to. See PRAISE. 2. To accept officially: adopt, affirm, confirm, pass, ratify, sanction. See ACCEPT, LAW. 3. To give one's consent to: allow, approbate, authorize, consent, endorse, let, permit, sanction. Informal : OK. See ALLOW.
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