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.
In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
An insinuation or innuendo.
An act of running one's words together; poor verbal articulation.
A mark, stain, or smear; (by extension) a slight occasion of reproach.
A disparaging insult or slight, particularly one used to denigrate a specific group.
A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
To run together; to articulate poorly.
To insult or slight.
To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.