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authorized

[aw-thuh-rahyzd] Origin

au·thor·ized

[aw-thuh-rahyzd]
adjective
1.
given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
2.
duly sanctioned.

Origin:
authorize + -ed2

qua·si-au·thor·ized, adjective
self-au·thor·ized, adjective
un·au·thor·ized, adjective
well-au·thor·ized, adjective

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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 < Medieval Latin auctōrizāre; replacing Middle English autorisen < Middle French autoriser < Medieval Latin See author, -ize

au·thor·iz·a·ble, adjective
au·thor·iz·er, noun
de·au·thor·ize, verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
mis·au·thor·ize, verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
pre·au·thor·ize, verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
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re·au·thor·ize, verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
self-au·thor·iz·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Word Origin & History

authorize
"give formal approval to," late 14c., from O.Fr. autoriser, from M.L. auctorizare, from auctor (see author).
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