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 withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.