Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To grant authority or power to.
- transitive verb To give permission for (something); sanction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To give authority, warrant, or legal power to; empower (a person): as, to
authorize commissioners to settle the boundary of a state. - To give authority for; approve of and permit; formally sanction (an act or a proceeding).
- To make authoritative or valid; legalize; validate.
- To establish by authority or usage: as, an authorized idiom.
- To warrant; vouch for.
- To support (one's self) upon the authority (of).
- Also spelled
authorise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower.
- transitive verb To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize.
- transitive verb To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction.
- transitive verb To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant.
- transitive verb To justify; to furnish a ground for.
- transitive verb [Obs.] to rely for authority.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
grant (someone)power orauthority (to do something specific). - verb transitive To
give (someone)permission ; tosanction orconsent . - verb transitive To
permit (something), tosanction orconsent to (something).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give or delegate power or authority to
- verb grant authorization or clearance for
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I won't accept your premise and won't indulge you any further on this until you respond to my initial question of "would you 'authorize' - were it your decision to make - internment camps, and incarceration based solely on that profiling?"
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I won't accept your premise and won't indulge you any further on this until you respond to my initial question of "would you 'authorize' - were it your decision to make - internment camps, and incarceration based solely on that profiling?"
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But a question for you: would you "authorize" - were it your decision to make - internment camps, and incarceration based solely on that profiling?
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But a question for you: would you "authorize" - were it your decision to make - internment camps, and incarceration based solely on that profiling?
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But because the power of exclusion of aliens is also inherent in the executive department of the sovereign, Congress may in broad terms authorize the executive to exercise the power, e.g., as was done here, for the best interests of the country during a time of national emergency.
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920
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DJ: "But a question for you: would you "authorize" - were it your decision to make - internment camps, and incarceration based solely on that profiling?
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Reply: No ... we need to hang the authorities who 'authorize' torture.
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For example, if you go to dinner and the bill is $100 and you pay with a credit card, the restaurant might be tempted to "authorize" your card for $120 — a 20% tip.
10 Things You Might Not Know About Your Credit Card - The Consumerist 2008
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Did the Bush administration "authorize" the leak of classified information to Bob Woodward?
Murray Waas: Did the White House "Authorize" Leaks to Woodward? 2010
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For example, the government could not unilaterally "authorize" the "targeting" of a particular San Francisco resident's international communications.
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