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Merriam Webster says you are off by a few hundred years: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanction https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanction
by lonelappde 7y ago
Merriam Webster says you are off by a few hundred years:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanction https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sanction
- gumby 7y agoI was excited to look up and see what I had gotten wrong but I don't see it in that entry. It lists the "first uses" as being definition 1 of noun and verb, i.e. precisely my example (UN sanction on restriction of trade). They do quote (the wonderful) Molly Ivins, who passed away in 2007.