authorize
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- authorise
- authourise (rare)
- authourize (rare)
Etymology [edit]
From Old French auctorisier.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
authorize (third-person singular simple present authorizes, present participle authorizing, simple past and past participle authorized)
- (transitive) To grant (someone) power or authority (to do something specific).
- The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
- (transitive) To give (someone) permission; to sanction or consent.
- (transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
- The judge authorized the wiretapping.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to grant someone the power or authority to do something specific
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to give someone permission; to sanction or consent
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