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Approver

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Ap`prov´er
n.1.One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
2.An informer; an accuser.
3.(Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another. See 1st Approvement, 2.
1.(Eng. Law) A bailiff or steward; an agent.
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Noun1.Approver - an authority with power to approveapprover - an authority with power to approve  
authority - (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"


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Noah Claypole: receiving a free pardon from the Crown in consequence of being admitted approver against Fagin: and considering his profession not altogether as safe a one as he could wish: was, for some little time, at a loss for the means of a livelihood, not burdened with too much work.
Certainly, he said; that is what the approver of injustice says.
As a counsellor she was not wanted; but as an approver, (a much safer character,) she was truly welcome.
 
 
 
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