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 disallow; to proscribe.
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.