approbious

The Captain said something approbious about the weather and the high wind and occasional heavy swishes of rain; then he went to the sitting-room which lay behind the kitchen, and near to the front door.

The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913

And as the name of a Methodist was considered approbious to any, and especially to youths, the

The Life of the Rev. Dandridge F. Davis, of the African M. E. Church. With a Brief Account of His Conversion and Ministerial Labors, from August 1834, till March 1847. Also, a Brief Sketch of the Life of the Rev. David Conyou, of the A. M. E. C. and His Ministerial Labors. To Which Is Annexed the Funeral Discourse Delivered at the Ohio Conference, in Zanesville, on the Decease of the Rev. D. F. Davis, by the Author. Augustus R. 1850

He represents the Legislature in a very approbious light.

Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of North-Carolina, Convened at 1788 1788