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Authorize

Authorize Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Authorize? [v] grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" [v] give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Authorize: authorise \| authorise \| clear \| empower \| pass Related Terms \| Find terms related to Authorize: accept \| accredit \| affirm \| allow \| amen \| appoint \| approve \| arm \| assign \| authenticate \| autograph \| certificate \| certify \| charge \| charter \| clothe \| clothe with power \| commission \| commit \| confirm \| consent to \| consign \| constitute \| cosign \| countenance \| countersign \| declare lawful \| decree \| delegate \| demand \| depute \| deputize \| detach \| detail \| devolute \| devolve \| devolve upon \| dictate \| empower \| enable \| enact \| endorse \| endow \| endue \| enfranchise \| entitle \| entrust \| establish \| formulate \| franchise \| give in charge \| give leave \| give official sanction \| give permission \| give power \| give the go-ahead \| give the imprimatur \| give thumbs up \| impose \| initial \| invest \| lay down \| legalize \| legislate \| legitimate \| legitimatize \| legitimize \| license \| make a regulation \| make legal \| make obligatory \| mission \| notarize \| OK \| okay \| ordain \| pass \| pass on \| pass upon \| patent \| permit \| post \| prescribe \| privilege \| put in force \| ratify \| regulate \| require \| rubber stamp \| sanction \| say amen to \| seal \| second \| send out \| set \| sign \| sign and seal \| subscribe to \| support \| swear and affirm \| swear to \| transfer \| undersign \| underwrite \| validate \| visa \| vise \| warrant See Also \| allow \| appoint \| approbate \| approve \| certificate \| certify \| charge \| commission \| countenance \| declare \| entitle \| formalise \| formalize \| let \| licence \| license \| O.K. \| okay \| permit \| sanction \| sanction \| validate Authorize In Webster's Dictionary \Au"thor*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Authorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Authorizing}.] [OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr. LL. auctorizare, authorisare. See {Author}.] 1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. 2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage. 3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage. 4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. --Shak. 5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. --Locke. {To authorize one's self}, to rely for authority. [Obs.] Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. --Sir P. Sidney.

Authorize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Authorize?

[v] grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
[v] give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

Authorize In Webster's Dictionary

\Au"thor*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Authorized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Authorizing}.] [OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr.
LL. auctorizare, authorisare. See {Author}.]
1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give
   a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners
   to settle a boundary.

2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as,
   to authorize a marriage.

3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion;
   to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to
   warrant; as, to authorize a report.

         A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by
         her grandam.                          --Shak.

5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. --Locke.

{To authorize one's self}, to rely for authority. [Obs.]

         Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other
         histories.                            --Sir P.
                                               Sidney.

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