Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sanctioning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sanction \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sanctioning
adj : implying sanction or serving to sanction; "the guardian's
duties were primarily sanctionative rather than
administrative" [syn: {sanctionative}]
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