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Definitions for Authorize
[1] to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
[2] to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
[3] to establish by authority or usage: an arrangement long authorized by etiquette books.
[4] to afford a ground for; warrant; justify.
[5] to confer authority upon (someone to do something); empower
[6] to permit (someone to do or be something) with official sanction a dealer authorized by a manufacturer to retail his products
Words related to Authorize
empower, enable, okay, entitle, license, ratify, warrant, confirm, sanction, approve, endorse, bless, commission, vest, invest, accredit, affirm, tolerate, qualify, countenance
Words nearby Authorize
authority, authority control, authority figure, authority file, authorization, authorize, authorized, authorized capital, authorized version, authors, authorship
Origin of Authorize
1350–1400; earlier auctorize < Medieval Latin auctōrizāre; replacing Middle English autorisen < Middle French autoriser < Medieval Latin See author, -ize
Other words from Authorize
au·thor·iz·a·ble , adjective
au·thor·iz·er , noun
de·au·thor·ize , verb (used with object), de·au·thor·ized, de·au·thor·iz·ing.
mis·au·thor·ize , verb (used with object), mis·au·thor·ized, mis·au·thor·iz·ing.
pre·au·thor·ize , verb (used with object), pre·au·thor·ized, pre·au·thor·iz·ing.
re·au·thor·ize , verb (used with object), re·au·thor·ized, re·au·thor·iz·ing.
self-au·thor·iz·ing , adjective
Synonyms for Authorize
empower, enable, entitle, license, okay, accredit, bless, commission, invest, vest, give authority, give the go-ahead, give the green light, give the word, rubber-stamp, say the word