See Also: authorize(dictionary)
authorize(dictionary)

authorize (iou)



authorize verb trans. Also authorise. LME.
[Old & mod. French autoriser from medieval Latin auctorizare, from auctor: see AUTHOR, -IZE.]
Set up or acknowledge as having authority. LME-E17.
Make legally valid. LME-L17.
Give formal approval to; sanction, countenance. LME.
Isaiah Berlin Why should any conduct be tolerated that is not authorized by appropriate experts?
Vouch for, confirm. LME-M17.
Shakespeare Macbeth A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authoriz'd by her grandam.
Endow (a person, body, etc.) with authority; commission. LME.
Give legal or formal warrant to (a person or body) to do; empower, permit authoritatively. LME.
Ld Macaulay A royal message authorizing the Commons to elect another Speaker.
Of things: give grounds for, justify. E17.
G. Anson These reasons alone would authorize the insertion of those papers.
Of things: give grounds to. L18.
James Sullivan Nothing which can authorise us to suppose it formed in the sea.
authorizable adjective (a) able to be entrusted with authority; (b) having the power of authorizing; (c) able to be authorized: LME.
authori'zation noun formal approval or warrant L15.
authorizer noun a person who authorizes something or someone L16.