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au⋅thor⋅ize

[aw-thuh-rahyz]
–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


au⋅thor⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
au⋅thor⋅iz⋅er, noun
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Main Entry: au·tho·rize
Pronunciation: 'o-th&-"rIz
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -rized; -riz·ing
1 : to give permission to
2 : to give authority to act to —au·tho·ri·za·tion /"o-th&-r&-'zA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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