word for 9/27/05 "homologate"
homologate \hoh-MAH-luh-gayt\ verb: sanction, allow; especially : to approve or confirm officially
Example sentence: "On September 24, 1991, a judgment confirming and homologating the sale was issued...." (_C & G Constr., Inc. v. Valteau_, Court of Appeal of La., 4th circuit)
"Homologate," which has been around more than 400 years, has mostly been kept for special occasions; Scottish Law, for example, held that "a marriage contract, though defective in the legal solemnities, is held... to be homologated by the subsequent marriage of the parties." The beauty of "homologate" is that, etymologically speaking, it's an easy word, consisting as it does of the familiar Greek roots "homos," meaning "alike" or "same," and "logos," meaning "word" or "speech" -- in other words, "saying the same thing," thus, "agreeing." So we need not agree with the Scottish bishop who in 1715 called it a "hard word." [from dictionary.com]
Example sentence: "On September 24, 1991, a judgment confirming and homologating the sale was issued...." (_C & G Constr., Inc. v. Valteau_, Court of Appeal of La., 4th circuit)
"Homologate," which has been around more than 400 years, has mostly been kept for special occasions; Scottish Law, for example, held that "a marriage contract, though defective in the legal solemnities, is held... to be homologated by the subsequent marriage of the parties." The beauty of "homologate" is that, etymologically speaking, it's an easy word, consisting as it does of the familiar Greek roots "homos," meaning "alike" or "same," and "logos," meaning "word" or "speech" -- in other words, "saying the same thing," thus, "agreeing." So we need not agree with the Scottish bishop who in 1715 called it a "hard word." [from dictionary.com]
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