authorize — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.

   Usage

   • British
   • English
   • Oxford
   • US usage
   • Transitive or intransitive

   Synonyms

   licensepermit

   Antonyms

   banprohibitdeauthorize

   Examples

   The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.

   The judge authorized the wiretapping.

   More examples (4)

   The term “Alfredian” then is not univocal; it can mean, depending on the argument, anything from Alfred setting down words by himself, to Alfred working with a little or a lot of help in writing or dictating, or to Alfred authorizing another or others to act in his name with degrees of his personal involvement varying from much to nil.

   Meese arrived back at the Justice Department at 12:45 p.m. and advised Reynolds, Cooper, and Richardson that the President had authorized him to "get his arms around the Iranian initiative."

   When authorizing in IE5 against an LDAP server, if the password is incorrect, IE will not issue the challenge again, it will go right to the error document.

   The soundingness of hearing and voicing constitute an embodied sense of presence and of memory. Voice then authorizes identities as identities authorize voice.

Verb

1. grant authorization or clearance for

   Synonyms

   authorisepassclear

   Broader terms

   permitallowletcountenance

   Examples

   Clear the manuscript for publication

   The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography

2. give or delegate power or authority to

   Synonyms

   empowerauthorise

   Broader terms

   appointcharge

   Examples

   She authorized her assistant to sign the papers