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 exclude or shut out; to bar.
To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.
To hinder or prevent.