(figuratively, transitive) to sanction, to consecrate (e.g. a custom)
Gekoppel as
san‧cì‧re
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/sanˈt͡ʃi.re/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Latin sancīre (“to make sacred”), from Proto-Italic *sankjō, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂nékti ~ *sh₂nkénti, derived from the root *seh₂k- (“sacred”).