01 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.
imp. & p. p.
Authorized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Authorizing
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To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
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To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
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To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
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To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.“A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam.” — Shak.
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To justify; to furnish a ground for.“Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories.” — Sir P. Sidney.