authorize

To authorize is defined as to empower someone or to give the approval for something.

(verb)

An example of authorize is when the state gives a lawyer a license to practice law.

See authorize in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to give official approval to or permission for: a housing project authorized by the city
to give power or authority to; empower; commission
to give justification for; warrant

Origin: ME autorisen < OFr autoriser < ML auctorizare < L auctor, author

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See authorize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es

To grant authority or power to.
To give permission for; sanction: the city agency that authorizes construction projects.
To be sufficient grounds for; justify.

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Origin: Middle English auctorisen

Origin: , from Old French autoriser

Origin: , from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre

Origin: , from Latin auctor, author; see author

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