Authorize

Definition:

• (v. t.) To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
• (v. t.) To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
• (v. t.) To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
• (v. t.) To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
• (v. t.) To justify; to furnish a ground for.

Compare authorize with other words:

authorize vs. authorized

authorize vs. confirm

authorize vs. validate

authorize vs. rescind

authorize vs. authorizer

authorizable vs. authorize

authorize vs. entitle

authorize vs. forbid

authorize vs. recognize

authorize vs. ratify

authorize vs. mobile

authorize vs. let

authorize vs. require

authorize vs. hyphen

attest vs. authorize

authorize vs. spoliation

authorize vs. empower

authorize vs. confer

authorize vs. franchise

authorization vs. authorize

authorize vs. permit

authorize vs. consent

authorize vs. sanction

authorize vs. permission

authorize vs. give

authority vs. authorize

authorize vs. power

authorize vs. underwriter

authorize vs. proxy

authorize vs. warrant

authorize vs. mandate

authorize vs. ordain

authorize vs. delegate

attorney vs. authorize

accredit vs. authorize

authorize vs. entrust