Definition of authorize

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Authorize (v. t.) 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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Excusator :: Excusator (n.) One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.
Affidavit :: Affidavit (n.) A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate..
Proxy :: Proxy (n.) A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action..
Illiberal :: Illiberal (a.) Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin..
Incompetent :: Incompetent (a.) Not lying within one's competency, capacity, or authorized power; not permissible..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not authorized by good usage; not genuine; spurious; as, an illegitimate word..
Tragedy :: Tragedy (n.) A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence..
Garnish :: Garnish (v. t.) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded by the old prisoners of a newcomer..
Constitutional :: Constitutional (a.) In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms..
Ericius :: Ericius (n.) The Vulgate rendering of the Hebrew word qip/d, which in the Authorized Version is translated bittern, and in the Revised Version, porcupine..
Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..
Illegitimate :: Illegitimate (a.) Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.
Precedented :: Precedented (a.) Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
Government :: Government (n.) The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
Protest :: Protest (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them..
Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary..
Holocaust :: Holocaust (n.) Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.].
Accredit :: Accredit (v. t.) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate..
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