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 make stable or firm; to confirm.
To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
To prove and cause to be accepted as true; to establish a fact; to demonstrate.
To appoint or adopt, as officers, laws, regulations, guidelines, etc.; to enact; to ordain.