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 prove; to ratify; to confirm.
To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.
To be a good, acceptable reason for; warrant.
To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned.
To provide an acceptable explanation for.
To give reasons for one’s actions; to make an argument to prove that one is in the right.
To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.