sanction
/ˈseɪ̯ŋkʃən/ verb C2- To ratify; to make valid.
- To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance. · The school's inaction further sanctions this misbehavior.
- To penalize (a state etc.) with sanctions.
He/she/it sanctions · Past sanctioned · Past participle sanctioned · -ing form sanctioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- sanction
- He/she/it
- sanctions
- Past
- sanctioned
- Past participle
- sanctioned
- -ing form
- sanctioning
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He bore it with noble indifference; and she would have imagined that Bingley had received his sanction to be happy, had she not seen his eyes likewise turned towards Mr.
“You are uniformly charming!” cried he, with an air of awkward gallantry; “and I am persuaded that, when sanctioned by the express authority of both your excellent parents, my proposals will not fail of being acceptable.”
Beauchamp, solemn transactions should be sanctioned by a witness.
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