To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
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.
To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
Synonym of authentic.