meaning of authorize
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.
5. To justify; to furnish a ground for.
6. grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous
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