| Ham V.ii.134 | [Hamlet to Osrick] it would not much approve me [or: tell the truth about] [i.e. not be to my credit] |
| Oth IV.iii.18 | [Desdemona to Emilia, of Othello] my love doth so approve him / That even his stubbornness, his checks, his frowns ... have grace and favour in them |
| Sonn.42.8 | [] for my sake even so doth she abuse me, / Suff'ring my friend for my sake to approve her |