Authorize

verb

/ˈɑθəɹaɪz/

Word Frequency: 1.6

Definitions

1.verbTo grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).

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

2.verbTo permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

"The judge authorized the wiretapping."

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