Authorize

Authorize
Authorize 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. [1913 Webster]

2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage. [1913 Webster]

3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage. [1913 Webster]

4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. [1913 Webster]

A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

{To authorize one's self}, to rely for authority. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]


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  • authorize — au‧thor‧ize [ˈɔːθəraɪz ǁ ˈɒː ] also authorise verb [transitive] to give official or legal permission for something: • The board has authorized the buy back of 85,000 shares. • The bill would authorize $850 million a year in grants to states to… …   Financial and business terms

  • authorize — [ô′thər īz΄] vt. authorized, authorizing [ME autorisen < OFr autoriser < ML auctorizare < L auctor, AUTHOR] 1. to give official approval to or permission for [a housing project authorized by the city] 2. to give power or authority to;… …   English World dictionary

  • authorize — (v.) give formal approval to, late 14c., autorisen, from O.Fr. autoriser authorize, give authority to (12c.), from M.L. auctorizare, from auctor (see AUTHOR (Cf. author)). Modern spelling from 16c. Related: Authorized; authorizing …   Etymology dictionary

  • authorize — authorize, commission, accredit, license denote in common to invest with power or the right to act. One authorizes a person to act for oneself when he is given the necessary legal right or power with or without instructions of a specific… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • authorize — [v1] give power or control accredit, bless, commission, empower, enable, entitle, give authority, give the go ahead*, give the green light*, give the word*, invest, license, okay, rubber stamp*, say the word*, vest; concepts 50,88 Ant. deny,… …   New thesaurus

  • authorize — (Amer.) au·thor·ize || ɔːθəraɪz v. permit; approve; empower (also authorise) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • authorize — (also authorise) ► VERB ▪ give official permission for or approval to. DERIVATIVES authorization noun …   English terms dictionary

  • authorize */ — UK [ˈɔːθəraɪz] / US [ˈɔθəˌraɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms authorize : present tense I/you/we/they authorize he/she/it authorizes present participle authorizing past tense authorized past participle authorized to give official permission for… …   English dictionary

  • authorize — verb Authorize is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑congress, ↑law, ↑president, ↑resolution, ↑statute Authorize is used with these nouns as the object: ↑detention, ↑expenditure, ↑funding, ↑payment, ↑rele …   Collocations dictionary

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