Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Approve. 2. (a.) Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile.

Multi-Version Concordance Approving (2 Occurrences) Acts 22:20 and when they were shedding the blood of Stephen, Thy witness, I was standing by, fully approving of it, and I held the clothes of those who were killing him.' (WEY NAS RSV) 2 Corinthians 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, (KJV WBS)