Approve and Set to

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Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.

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Set to is an antonym for approve.

Nearby Words: approval, approbation, approving, approvingly, approvement

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Approve is an antonym for set to in topics: disagree, argue, disagree over minor issues.

Levinson, being an American, seems to approve of Branson (a hard-working social climber) more than Matthew (a distant relative set to inherit her late husband's fortune).

Source: Series / Downton Abbey

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