English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Authorize
Authorize
(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.
Authorize
(v. t.)
To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to
legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
Authorize
(v. t.)
To establish by authority, as by usage or public
opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
Authorize
(v. t.)
To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one;
to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
Authorize
(v. t.)
To justify; to furnish a ground for.