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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Authorize \Au"thor*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Authorized}; p. pr & vb n. {Authorizing}.] [OE. autorize, F. autoriser fr LL auctorizare authorisare See {Author}.] 1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act to empower; as to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. 2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to to legalize; as to authorize a marriage. 3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as idioms authorized by usage. 4. 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. 5. To justify; to furnish a ground for --Locke. {To authorize one's self}, to rely for authority. [Obs.] Authorizing himself, for the most part upon other histories. --Sir P. Sidney. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: authorize v : grant authorization or clearance for "Clear the manuscript fpr publication" [syn: {authorise}, {pass}, {clear}]
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