What part of speech is sanctioned?

Sanctioned can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sanctioned is a verb, past participle of sanction (infinitive).
  • 2. sanctioned is a verb, past simple of sanction (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does sanctioned mean?

Definitions

Adjective

sanctioned - established by authority; given authoritative approval; "a list of approved candidates"
sanctioned - formally approved and invested with legal authority
sanctioned - conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair Lewis

Verb

sanction - give authority or permission to
sanction - give religious sanction to, such as through on oath; "sanctify the marriage"
sanction - give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

Examples of sanctioned

#   Sentence  
1. verb Princeton islamist scholar Bernard Lewis has explained that while islamists may disagree about whether killing innocents is sanctioned by the laws of jihad, extremists like Zawahiri agree that notice must be given before biochemical weapons are used.
2. verb Afterwards, because it was sanctioned by many of the successive dynasties Buddhism became widespread and had a tremendous impact on the development of Chinese thought, culture and art.
3. noun It had the sanction of the church.
Sentence  
verb
Princeton islamist scholar Bernard Lewis has explained that while islamists may disagree about whether killing innocents is sanctioned by the laws of jihad, extremists like Zawahiri agree that notice must be given before biochemical weapons are used.
Afterwards, because it was sanctioned by many of the successive dynasties Buddhism became widespread and had a tremendous impact on the development of Chinese thought, culture and art.
noun
It had the sanction of the church.

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