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 prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
To prescribe under authority; to ordain
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.