authorize
to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
to give authority for; formally sanction (an act or proceeding): Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
to establish by authority or usage: an arrangement long authorized by etiquette books.
to afford a ground for; warrant; justify.
Origin of authorize
1- Also especially British, au·thor·ise .
Other words from authorize
- au·thor·iz·a·ble, adjective
- au·thor·iz·er, noun
- de·au·thor·ize, verb (used with object), de·au·thor·ized, de·au·thor·iz·ing.
- mis·au·thor·ize, verb (used with object), mis·au·thor·ized, mis·au·thor·iz·ing.
- pre·au·thor·ize, verb (used with object), pre·au·thor·ized, pre·au·thor·iz·ing.
- re·au·thor·ize, verb (used with object), re·au·thor·ized, re·au·thor·iz·ing.
- self-au·thor·iz·ing, adjective
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How to use authorize in a sentence
Many advocates want those changed, adjusted, or bolstered, and the only way to do that is to open up the bill and reauthorize it.
To GOP Congress, as Usual, It’s Welfare on the Chopping Block | Monica Potts | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEx-Im funding will now be temporarily extended, and then the GOP will figure out a way to reauthorize it for another few years.
In 2012, he voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, one of the purest excresences of crony capitalism imaginable.
After Cochran’s Win: Red-State Socialism Must Be Stopped! | Nick Gillespie | June 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo why reauthorize the VRA now, and why should Eric Cantor be the driving force?
Eric Cantor’s Last, Legacy-Burnishing Task: Update the VRA | Ron Christie | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe solution is simple: add another line to the continuing resolution to reauthorize the Iraqi Special Immigrant Visa program.
Unless Congress Acts Time Is Out for Iraqi Allies Waiting on Visas | Peter Meijer | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for authorize
authorise
/ (ˈɔːθəˌraɪz) /
to confer authority upon (someone to do something); empower
to permit (someone to do or be something) with official sanction: a dealer authorized by a manufacturer to retail his products
Derived forms of authorize
- authorization or authorisation, noun
- authorizer or authoriser, noun
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