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Definition of Authorise
1. Verb. Give or delegate power or authority to. "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
Specialized synonyms: Entitle, Sanction
Generic synonyms: Appoint, Charge
Derivative terms: Authorization, Empowerment
2. Verb. Grant authorization or clearance for. "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Specialized synonyms: Approbate, Certificate, Approve, O.k., Okay, Sanction, Declare, Certify, Licence, License, Commission, Formalise, Formalize, Validate
Derivative terms: Authorisation, Authorisation, Authoriser, Authorization, Authorizer, Clearance, Pass
Definition of Authorise
1. Verb. (chiefly British spelling) (alternative spelling of authorize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Authorise
1. [v -RISED, -RISING, -RISES]
Medical Definition of Authorise
1. 1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorise commissioners to settle a boundary. 2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorise a marriage. 3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorised by usage. 4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorise a report. "A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorised by her grandam." (Shak) 5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. Origin: OE. Autorize, F. Autoriser, fr. LL. Auctorizare, authorisare. See Author. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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