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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

approver
    n 1: an authority with power to approve

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Approver \Ap*prov"er\, n.
   1. One who approves. Formerly, one who made proof or trial.
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   2. An informer; an accuser. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   3. (Eng. Law) One who confesses a crime and accuses another.
      See 1st Approvement, 2.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Approver \Ap*prov"er\, n. [See 2d Approve, v. t.] (Eng. Law)
   A bailiff or steward; an agent. [Obs.] --Jacobs.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

APPROVER, Engl. crim. law. One confessing himself guilty of felony, and
approving others of the same crime to save himself. Crompt. Inst. 250 3
Inst. 129.

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