To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
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 preach, to berate, to scold.
To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1)
A berating or scolding.
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.