Word Meanings - APPROBATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.

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• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• EXPRESSURE
  The act of expressing; expression; utterance; representation. An operation more divine Than breath or pen can give expressure to. Shak.
• CONTAINANT
  A container.
• EXPRESS TRAIN
  Formerly, a railroad train run expressly for the occasion; a special train; now, a train run at express or special speed and making few stops.
• EXPRESSIVE
  1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; -- followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. Tickell. 2. Full of expression; vividly representing the meaning
• EXPRESSNESS
  The state or quality of being express; definiteness. Hammond.
• COMMENDATORY
  1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. "Commendatory verses." Pope. 2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke. Commendatory prayer , a prayer read over the dying. "The
• EXPRESSIONAL
  Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea sentiment. Fized. Hall. Ruskin.
• EXPRESSIONLESS
  Destitute of expression.
• CONTAINABLE
  Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
• EXPRESSMAN
  A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon. W. D. Howells.
• CONTAINER
  One who, or that which, contains.
• EXPRESSAGE
  The charge for carrying a parcel by express.
• EXPRESSION
  The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs. Past expression, Beyond expression, beyond the power of description. "Beyond expression bright." Milton. (more info) 1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by
• APPROBATION
  1. Proof; attestation. Shak. 2. The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval; sanction; commendation. Many . . . joined in a loud hum of approbation. Macaulay. The silent
• EXPRESS
  1. Exactly representing; exact. Their human countenance The express resemblance of the gods. Milton. 2. Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious;
• EXPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being expressed, squeezed out, shown, represented, or uttered. -- Express"i*bly,adv.
• EXPRESS RIFLE
  A sporting rifle for use at short ranges, employing a large charge of powder and a light bullet, giving a high initial velocity and consequently a flat trajectory. It is usually of moderately large caliber.
• EXPRESSLY
  In an express manner; in direct terms; with distinct purpose; particularly; as, a book written expressly for the young. The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel. Ezek. i. 3. I am sent expressly to your lordship. Shak.
• CONTAIN
  1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
• INEXPRESSIBLY
  In an inexpressible manner or degree; unspeakably; unutterably. Spectator.
• DISAPPROBATION
  The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure. We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps. Burke.
• RECOMMENDATORY
  Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
• SELF-CONTAINED
  Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
• UNEXPRESSIBLE
  Inexpressible. Tillotson. -- Un`ex*press"i*bly, adv.
• UNEXPRESSIVE
  1. Not expressive; not having the power of utterance; inexpressive. 2. Incapable of being expressed; inexpressible; unutterable; ineffable. Run, run, Orlando; carve on every tree The fair, the chaste and unexpressive she. Shak. -- Un`ex*press"ive*ly,
• MISEXPRESSION
  Wrong expression.
• INEXPRESSIBLE
  Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief or pleasure. "Inexpressible grandeur." Blair. In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood. Milton.
• INEXPRESSIBLES
  Breeches; trousers. Ld. Lytton.