Approve vs Que - What's the difference?

As a verb approve

is to sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm or approve can be (english law) 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.

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approve

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Compare prove, approbate.

Verb

(approv)

To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.

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To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

* (Ralph Waldo Emerson),

Opportunities to approve worth.

* (Thomas Babington Macaulay),

He had approved himself a great warrior.

* (George Gordon Byron),

'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.

* (Francis Parkman),

His accountapproves him a man of thought.

To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

* (Henry Rogers),

The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.

* (Thomas Babington Macaulay),

They had not approved of the deposition of James.

* (William Black),

They approved of the political institutions.

Note: This word, when it signifies to be pleased with, to think favorably (of''), is often followed by ''of .

Derived terms

() * approval * approvable * I approve this message * approvably * approbation

Etymology 2

(etyl) aprouer; . Compare with improve.

Verb

(approv)

(English Law) 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.

References

que

English

Noun

(en noun)

(rfv-sense) (lb) A former British unit of currency worth one-half of a farthing, thus one-eighth of an old penny; (lb) a farthing; a small amount of money.

* 1594 , John Lyly, Mother Bombie :

Rather praie there bee no fall of monie, for thou wilt then go for a que .

* 1887 , William Dunn Macray, editor, , Glossary, page 160:

Qu or Que, a farthing; a farthing's-worth, 39.434; 139. 1838

(rfv-sense)

* 2012 , MW Fletcher, Project Reaper: A Max Storm novel , Andrews UK Limited (ISBN 9781782343004)

Max had a snooker-que in his right hand and was using it to point to detail on the diagram.

(rfv-sense) (dialect) cow (Halliwell )

*1889-1904 , (The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language) ,, p.4902

* 2009 December 25, Nick Cramer, in My "homemade" Italian meatball recipe - for Nick and Meir'', in soc.culture.jewish.moderated, ''Usenet :

Then about 1950 two German brothers who had a meat market began cooking BBQ in their market to use up left over meat. One got the idea to smoke a brisket as he was smoking sausage one weekend. He left it all weekend in his smokehouse and on Monday as they were serving their que , pork, sausage & chicken, he cut a slice

* 2010 September 22, Nanzi (username), in Re: Yoy guys are killing this group'', in alt.food.barbecue, ''Usenet :

Instead please join in the sharing of que methods and recipes, or questions.

* 2011 , Kathy Reichs, Spider Bones: A Novel (ISBN 145164194X), page 57

The back route I favor involves a long stretch on Highway 74 and brings me close enough to Lumberton for a barbeque detour. That was my target today. Being already in Lumberton, it only made sense to score some “que .”

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