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The quality of being approbative.

One who approves. [R.]

Containing or expressing approbation; commendatory. Sheldon.

A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; --called also zebrawood.

A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.

To rob; to plunder. [Obs.]

A showy wanton; a courtesan. Shak

A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping.

A giant. [Spelt often Brobdignagian.]

A Welshman.

ound in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.

Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it. Centrobaric method (Math.), a process invented for the purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by the rotation of a line or surface about a fixed axis, depending upon the principle that every figure formed by the revolution of a line or s…

A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid.

A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda.

To agree; to concur. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Approbation. [Obs.] Foxe.

Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon. -- n.

[Obs.] As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. I. Watts.

The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.

A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. Wiseman.