authorize

Verbs

  • (v) grant authorization or clearance for
    • Clear the manuscript for publication
    • The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
    authorise, clear, pass,
  • (v) give or delegate power or authority to
    • She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
    authorise, empower,

Synonyms

authorise clear pass empower

Words of close approximity

authorial authorise authority
authorized authorized shares authorized stock Authorized Version authorizer