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au⋅thor⋅ized

  [aw-thuh-rahyzd]
Use authorized in a Sentence
–adjective
1. given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
2. duly sanctioned.
Origin:
authorize + -ed 2

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

Related forms:
au⋅thor⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective
au⋅thor⋅iz⋅er, noun
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au·thor·ize   (ô'thə-rīz')   
tr.v.   au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es
  1. To grant authority or power to.
  2. To give permission for; sanction: the city agency that authorizes construction projects.
  3. To be sufficient grounds for; justify.

[Middle English auctorisen, from Old French autoriser, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor, author; see author.]
au'thor·iz'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to give someone the authority to act: authorized her partner to negotiate on her behalf; a representative who was accredited by his government; commissioned the real-estate agent to purchase the house; was empowered to make decisions during the president's absence; a pharmacist licensed to practice in two states.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Authorized

Au"thor*ized\, a. 1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

2. Sanctioned by authority.

The Authorized Version of the Bible is the English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction of King James I. It was "appointed to be read in churches," and has been the accepted English Bible. The Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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