Assertion: approbation | /r/CapableOf | come by early 1500s
Facets:
value: a sense it still retains
type: OTHER
value: to mean formal or official approval
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Approbation meant “proof” when it first appeared in English in the 14th century, and by the early 1500s it had come to mean “formal or official approval,” a sense it still retains in certain ecclesiastical contexts.