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Authorized

verb
/ˈɑθəɹaɪzd/
Word Frequency: 9.1

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."
3.adjectiveExplicitly allowed.

Synonyms

allowedpermittedapprovedempoweredauthoritativelicensedlicencedofficialglorifiedsceptredaccreditedcanonized

Antonyms

unauthorized

Rhymes With

surmisedutilizeddevisedrecognizedostracizedsurprisedscrutinizedmesmerized
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