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au⋅thor⋅ize

  [aw-thuh-rahyz]
Use authorised in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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.
Also, especially British, au⋅thor⋅ise.

Origin:
1350–1400; earlier auctorize < ML auctōrizāre; r. ME autorisen < MF autoriser < ML. See author, -ize

Related forms:
au⋅thor⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
au⋅thor⋅iz⋅er, noun
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