In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SANCTIONING
sanctionative, sanctioning
(adjective) implying sanction or serving to sanction; “the guardian’s duties were primarily sanctionative rather than administrative”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
sanctioning
present participle of sanction
Anagrams
• cantonising, containings, incognisant
Source: Wiktionary
SANCTION
Sanc"tion, n. Etym: [L. sanctio, from sancire, samctum to render sacred or inviolable, to fix unalternably: cf. F. sanction. See Saint.]
1. Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; establishment or furtherance of anything by authority to it; confirmation; approbation. The strictest professors of reason have added the sanction of their testimony. I. Watts.
2. Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions.
Syn.
– Ratification; authorization; authoruty; countenance; support.
Sanc"tion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sanctioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Sanctioning.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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