sancire

Meaning

1. (transitive) to sanction, to ratify (a pact)
2. (transitive) to decree, to proclaim
3. (figuratively, transitive) to sanction, to consecrate (e.g. a custom)

Concepts

sanction

approve

castigate

let

okay

seal

🦭

allow

O.K.

Synonyms

sanzionare

approvare

autorizzare

ratificare

suggellare

🦭

vistare

Translations

sanktionieren

aprobar

sancionar

aprovar

aprovar

deferir

garantir

festlegen

εγκρίνω

approuver

zustimmen

consacré

sanctionner

sancionar

billigen

Hyphenated as

san‧cì‧re

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sanˈt͡ʃi.re/

Etymology

From Latin sancīre (“to make sacred”), from Proto-Italic *sankjō, from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂nékti ~ *sh₂nkénti, derived from the root *seh₂k- (“sacred”).