improbate

English

Etymology

From Latin improbatus, past participle of improbare (“to disapprove”), from im- (“not”) + probare (“to approve”).

Verb

improbate (third-person singular simple present improbates, present participle improbating, simple past and past participle improbated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To disapprove of.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To disallow.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “improbate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

improbāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of improbō

Spanish

Verb

improbate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of improbar combined with te