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authorize

au·tho·rize [ áwthə rz ] (past and past participle au·tho·rized, present participle au·tho·riz·ing, 3rd person present singular au·tho·riz·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
confer or confirm power or permission: to give somebody or something power, permission, or authorization to do something or be somewhere

[14th century. Via French< medieval Latin auctorizare< Latin auctor (see author)]

au·thor·ized adjective
au·thor·iz·er noun
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