approved /əˈpɹuːvd/ adjective2 •accepted as correct or allowed by a person or group with the power to decideEmployees' approved expense claims will be reimbursed by the 4th of the following month. •(no longer used) Proven or demonstrated by experience.Now woorthy Tamburlaine, haue I repos’d, In thy approoued Fortunes all my hope, What thinkst thou man, shal come of our attempts? — 1587