Authorize

v. t.	1.	To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. [imp. & p. p. Authorized ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Authorizing.]
	2.	To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
	3.	To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
	4.	To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. - Shak.
	5.	To justify; to furnish a ground for. To authorize one's self to rely for authority. Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. - Sir P. Sidney.

Verb	1.	authorize - grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography" Synonyms: authorise, clear, pass
	2.	authorize - give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" Synonyms: authorise, empower

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