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 ridicule, mock, discredit.
To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.