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approvance

approvance noun: approval.

Noun

approvance (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Approval.
    • […] then gan all the quire of birdes / Their diuerse notes t'attune vnto his lay, / As in approuance of his pleasing words.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • I resolved […] to withdraw, formally, our claim. I am sure of your approveance for this prudence.1821, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 555

Forms of approvance

alternative formapprovaunce

Origin of approvance

From Old French aprovance.

Questions about approvance

What does approvance mean?
Approvance means approval.
What part of speech is approvance?
Approvance is a noun.

Words near approvance in the dictionary

  1. approvableness
  2. approvably
  3. approval
  4. approval voting
  5. approvals
  6. approvance
  7. approvaunce
  8. approve
  9. approved
  10. approved school
  11. approved schools

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