See Also: sanction(1)(dictionary)
sanction(2)(dictionary)
SANCTION(law)
Pragmatic Sanction(encyclopedia)
sanction 1, noun(dictionary)
sanction 2, verb(dictionary)
Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges(encyclopedia)
PRAGMATIC SANCTION, French law(law)

sanction(2) (iou) and RNA (iou)


sanction(2) (iou)



sanction verb trans. L18.
[from the noun.]
Ratify; make legal, valid, or binding. L18.
Give official permission for, authorize; loosely encourage, give approval of, agree to. L18.
E. F. Benson Plays which the censor would not sanction for the London stage. M. L. King A weary world, pleading..for peace, has often found the church morally sanctioning war.
Enforce (a law, legal obligation, etc.) by attaching a penalty to transgression. E19.
Impose sanctions on (a person), penalize. M20.
sanctionable adjective L19.
sanctioned ppl adjective allowed by authority; Law (of a right) defined or created by a sanction antecedently to any wrong: L18.
sanctioner noun a person who sanctions something M19.
sanctionment noun (rare) the action of sanctioning something E19.

RNA (iou)



RNA noun. M20.
[Abbreviation of RIBONUCLEIC acid.]
Biology. Any of the nucleic acids which yield ribose on hydrolysis, occurring chiefly in the cytoplasm of cells, where they direct the synthesis of proteins, and as the genetic material in some viruses. Freq. with specifying word or letter, as mRNA, tRNA. Cf. DNA.
MESSENGER RNA. RIBOSOMAL RNA. transfer RNA: see TRANSFER noun.
Comb.: RNA virus a virus in which the genetic information is stored in the form of RNA.
RNase noun an enzyme which breaks RNA up into smaller molecules, a ribonuclease M20.