(~s, approving, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
Not everyone ~s of the festival...
VERB: oft with brd-neg, V of n
2.
If you ~ of someone or something, you like and admire them.
You’ve never ~d of Henry, have you?...
VERB: oft with brd-neg, V of n
3.
If someone in a position of authority ~s a plan or idea, they formally agree to it and say that it can happen.
The Russian Parliament has ~d a program of radical economic reforms...
= sanction
VERB: V n
4.
see also ~d , approving