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 hold an official inquiry regarding; to deliberate about.
To take no action on; to hold in reserve without actually using.
To block, suppress, restrain.
To be a member of.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit, on.
To restrain (a person).