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 invalid. Especially applied to contract law.
To make or declare (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous; disprove.
To render invalid; discredit.