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 officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
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 excrete (waste products).
To kill (a person or animal).
To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.