authorize

  • 31authorize — v 1. empower, invest, enable, entitle, depute, Eccles. ordain; certify, accredit, license, legalize, validate, notarize, visa; institute, establish, constitute, set up, make acceptable. 2. sanction, ratify, confirm, bind, accept, pass, approve,… …

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  • 32authorize — au·tho·rize …

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  • 33authorize — verb 1) they authorized further action Syn: permit, sanction, allow, approve, consent to, assent to; informal give the go ahead to, OK 2) the troops were authorized to fire Syn: empower, give authority, mand …

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  • 34authorize — [ˈɔːθəˌraɪz] verb [T] to give official permission for something The guard is authorized to carry a gun.[/ex] authorization [ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …

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  • 35authorize —   Ho āmana, ho omana, ho okohū …

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  • 36authorize — To empower; to give a right or authority to act. To endow with authority or effective legal power, warrant, or right. People v. Young, 100 Ill.App.2d 20, 241 N.E.2d 587, 589. To permit a thing to be done in the future. It has a mandatory effect… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 37authorize — To empower; to give a right or authority to act. To endow with authority or effective legal power, warrant, or right. People v. Young, 100 Ill.App.2d 20, 241 N.E.2d 587, 589. To permit a thing to be done in the future. It has a mandatory effect… …

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  • 38authorize — To empower; to give a right to act, the connotation being permissive rather than mandatory. While it is true that in many statutes the word may imply a command if it does so it is because other words have been used to express that intention. A… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 39authorize — v.tr. (also ise) 1 sanction. 2 (foll. by to +infin.) a give authority. b commission (a person or body) (authorized to trade). Phrases and idioms: Authorized Version an English translation of the Bible made in 1611 and traditionally used in… …

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  • 40To authorize one's self — Authorize Au thor*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Authorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Authorizing}.] [OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr. LL. auctorizare, authorisare. See {Author}.] 1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act;… …

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