Approbavit

Approbavit is a Latin verb form meaning "he approved" or "has approved." It comes from the verb approbo, approbare, approbavi, approbatus, which means to approve, commend, prove, or sanction. Approbat is the third-person singular present or imperfect, while approbavit is the third-person singular perfect active form, typically translated as the past tense or present perfect in English, depending on the context.

In Latin texts, approbavit is commonly used to indicate formal approval or authorization by an authority figure, such as a magistrate, the senate, a bishop, or a royal or ecclesiastical office. It often appears in legal, administrative, or ecclesiastical documents to record that a decree, charter, contract, will, or appointment has received official endorsement. The phrase may appear alongside other formulae that identify the approving authority, the document being approved, and the date or witness list.

Related forms include approbatio (the noun for "approval" or "endorsement"), approbatus (the past participle "approved"), and approbatio (an alternative noun form for approval). In English-language captions or translations of Latin texts, approbavit is typically rendered as "approved" or "has approved," preserving the sense of an official act of sanction.

Usage and translation can vary with textual context, but approbavit generally signals that a holder of authority has given formal approval to a document or action. It is a standard term in Latin documentation and philological studies of medieval and early modern records.