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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Contronyms are words that have two opposite meanings.Some contranyms have two different etymologies while others have simply acquired different meanings over time.The word "cleave" has two different meanings with different etymologies.The meaning, “to separate,” comes from the Old English word cleofan while the meaning, “to adhere to,” comes from the Old English word clifian.The word "sanction" has two different meanings that it has acquired over time.Sanction originally meant “a law decree” but was being used to mean “a penalty” by 1630 and “official permission” by 1720. The student wants to emphasize the differences in how each word developed into a contronym. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?Cleave can mean “to separate,” which comes from the Old English word, cleofan, or “to adhere to,” which comes from the Old English word, clifian.eliminateCleave, which can mean “to separate” and “to adhere to,” and sanction, which can mean “a penalty” and “official permission,” are contronyms, meaning they are words that have two opposite meanings.eliminateThe meanings for the contronym "cleave" come from two entirely different Old English words, whereas the contranym "sanction" evolved many meanings overtime, including "a penalty" and "official permission." eliminateThe contronym, sanction, acquired two different and opposite meanings, “a penalty” and “official permission,” over time.

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:Contronyms are words that have two opposite meanings.Some contranyms have two different etymologies while others have simply acquired different meanings over time.The word "cleave" has two different meanings with different etymologies.The meaning, “to separate,” comes from the Old English word cleofan while the meaning, “to adhere to,” comes from the Old English word clifian.The word "sanction" has two different meanings that it has acquired over time.Sanction originally meant “a law decree” but was being used to mean “a penalty” by 1630 and “official permission” by 1720. The student wants to emphasize the differences in how each word developed into a contronym. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?Cleave can mean “to separate,” which comes from the Old English word, cleofan, or “to adhere to,” which comes from the Old English word, clifian.eliminateCleave, which can mean “to separate” and “to adhere to,” and sanction, which can mean “a penalty” and “official permission,” are contronyms, meaning they are words that have two opposite meanings.eliminateThe meanings for the contronym "cleave" come from two entirely different Old English words, whereas the contranym "sanction" evolved many meanings overtime, including "a penalty" and "official permission." eliminateThe contronym, sanction, acquired two different and opposite meanings, “a penalty” and “official permission,” over time.

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The meanings for the contronym "cleave" come from two entirely different Old English words, whereas the contranym "sanction" evolved many meanings overtime, including "a penalty" and "official permission."

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