SANCTION (2)

sanction (2). Sanction, v.t. to ratify, confirm, support

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Sanc″tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctioning.] To give sanction to; to ratify; to confirm; to approve. Would have counseled, or even sanctioned, such perilous experiments. De Quincey. Syn. — To ratify; confirm; authorize; countenance.