Definitions for authorize
ˈɔ θəˌraɪzau·tho·rize

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. authorize, authorise, pass, clearverb

   grant authorization or clearance for

   "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

2. empower, authorise, authorizeverb

   give or delegate power or authority to

   "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. authorizeverb

   To grant (someone) power or authority (to do something specific).

   The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.

2. authorizeverb

   To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

   The judge authorized the wiretapping.

3. Etymology: From autoriser

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Authorizeverb

   Etymology: autoriser, Fr.

   1. To give authority to any person.

   Making herself an impudent suitor, authorizing herself very much, with making us see, that all favour and power depended upon her. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Deaf to complaints they wait upon the ill,
   Till some safe crisis authorize their skill. Dryden.

   2. To make any thing legal.

   Yourself first made that title which I claim,
   First bid me love, and authoriz’d my flame. John Dryden, Aurengz.

   My prayers are heard,
   And I have nothing farther to desire,
   But Sancho’s leave to authorize our marriage. John Dryden, Sp. Fr.

   To have countenanced in him irregularity and disobedience to that light which he had, would have been, to have authorized disorder, confusion, and wickedness in his creatures. John Locke.

   3. To establish any thing by authority.

   Lawful it is to devise any ceremony, and to authorize any kind of regiment, no special commandment being thereby violated. Richard Hooker, b. iii. § 4.

   Those forms are best which have been longest received and authorized in a nation by custom and use. William Temple.

   4. To justify; to prove a thing to be right.

   All virtue lies in a power of denying our own desires, where reason does not authorize them. John Locke.

   5. To give credit to any person or thing.

   Although their intention be sincere, yet doth it notoriously strengthen vulgar errour, and authorize opinions injurious unto truth. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. i. c. 9.

   Be a person in vogue with the multitude, he shall authorize any nonsense, and make incoherent stuff, seasoned with twang and tautology, pass for rhetorick. South.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. authorize

   Authorization or authorisation (see spelling differences) is the function of specifying access rights/privileges to resources, which is related to general information security and computer security, and to access control in particular. More formally, "to authorize" is to define an access policy. For example, human resources staff are normally authorized to access employee records and this policy is often formalized as access control rules in a computer system. During operation, the system uses the access control rules to decide whether access requests from (authenticated) consumers shall be approved (granted) or disapproved (rejected). Resources include individual files or an item's data, computer programs, computer devices and functionality provided by computer applications. Examples of consumers are computer users, computer software and other hardware on the computer.

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1. authorize

   Authorize refers to giving official permission, approval or consent for an action, decision, or process. It also may refer to giving someone the power or right to do something or control over some affairs or resources. Authorization can be given by an individual, organization, or a governing body.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Authorizeverb

   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. Authorizeverb

   to make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage

3. Authorizeverb

   to establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage

4. Authorizeverb

   to sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report

5. Authorizeverb

   to justify; to furnish a ground for

6. Etymology: [OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr. LL. auctorizare, authorisare. See Author.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. authorize

   To give authority to.

   The got the authorization to share their news on social media.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 22, 2019  

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   authorize

   To grant a person or group of people the power or authority to do or have.

   They did authorize the family members permission to visit their holiday villa every summer.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of authorize in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of authorize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of authorize in a Sentence

1. Jeff Sessions:

   The executive branch, through DACA, deliberately sought to achieve what the legislative branch specifically refused to authorize on multiple occasions.

2. Peter Kucik:

   There is a lot of breadth to authorize things more broadly than they’ve been authorized, provided that the broad (legislative) contours are adhered to.

3. Michael Bosworth:

   The meeting with The FBI is the exact opposite of what the Hillary Clinton campaign would've wanted, the The FBI meeting is something they didn't authorize, they didn't direct Hillary Clinton to do, and they didn't want Hillary Clinton to do.

4. Robert Redfield:

   Last night, I was proud to sign the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' recommendation to use Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in people 16 and older. This official The CDC recommendation follows Friday's FDA decision to authorize the emergency use of Pfizer's vaccine, as COVID-19 cases continue to surge throughout United States, CDC's recommendation comes at a critical time.

5. Marco Rubio:

   There are things we need to do as a committee every year to authorize a moving around of funds, i think the Director of National Intelligence and other heads of intelligence agencies are aware of that. At some point, I'd prefer for them just to call us this morning or tomorrow or whenever and say, ‘Look, this is the arrangement that we think we can reach so that the overseers can get access to this.’ I’d prefer not to go down that road, but it's one of the pieces of leverage we have as Congress.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=authorize
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Authorize
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=authorize
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorize
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/authorize