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authorize
[ aw-thuh-rahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
authorize
/ ˈɔːθəˌɪ /
verb
- 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
- ˌܳٳǰˈپDz, noun
- ˈܳٳǰˌ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- tǰ·a· adjective
- tǰ·e noun
- ·tǰ· verb (used with object) deauthorized deauthorizing
- ·tǰ· verb (used with object) misauthorized misauthorizing
- ·tǰ· verb (used with object) preauthorized preauthorizing
- ·tǰ· verb (used with object) reauthorized reauthorizing
- -tǰ·iԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of authorize1
Example Sentences
“Neither the Constitution nor Congress authorize the President’s attempted voting restrictions. We will not be bullied by him. We will fight like hell in court to stop him.”
The judge questioned how the 1798 law could authorize such deportations, and “to preserve the status quo,” he ordered a temporary pause on all the deportations.
Being banned from assisted living wouldn’t automatically prohibit someone from operating a treatment center, the department said, because its regulations don’t authorize it to act on a ban by another state agency.
The park service said it would authorize the culling of elk herds, to keep them separate from the cows.
But the law authorizing the mass deportation remained in doubt.
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