It is a document or an outline of a dissertation project presented to the examiners for approval of the man dissertation project. (american-writers.org)
He not only visited many artist's exhibits, he got to know the artists themselves.Dekooning assented approval of this man's work. (amazon.com)
Now it is no longer «men of God writing Scripture as they were moved by the Holy Spirit» but rather, something like this: «Men of God having inspired ideas which they provided to a professionally - trained letter writer, who then composed the letter according to standards and guidelines found in a letter - writing manual before getting the approval of the man of God to send the letter out to its intended recipients.» (redeeminggod.com)