| approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
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| (verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
| probate | (verb) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) | - |
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| (verb) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence | - |
| probe | (verb) question or examine thoroughly and closely | Synonyms: examine |
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| (verb) examine physically with or as if with a probe | Synonyms: dig into, poke into |
| reprobate | (verb) reject (documents) as invalid | - |
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| (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, excoriate, objurgate |
| (verb) abandon to eternal damnation | - |