AUTHORIZE
\ˈɔːθəɹˌa͡ɪz], \ˈɔːθəɹˌaɪz], \ˈɔː_θ_ə_ɹ_ˌaɪ_z]\
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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.
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To justify; to furnish a ground for.
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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.
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To justify; to furnish a ground for.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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