Definition of authorize

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Authorize (v. t.) To justify; to furnish a ground for.

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Empower :: Empower (v. t.) To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor..
Authorizable :: Authorizable (a.) Capable of being authorized.
Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) A friar authorized to receive confessions and grant absolution in all places, independently of the local clergy..
Illiberal :: Illiberal (a.) Not well authorized or elegant; as, illiberal words in Latin..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action..
Excusator :: Excusator (n.) One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist..
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Authorized; real; genuine; not false, counterfeit, or spurious; as, legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions..
Illegal :: Illegal (a.) Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love..
Sponsional :: Sponsion (n.) An act or engagement on behalf of a state, by an agent not specially authorized for the purpose, or by one who exceeds the limits of authority..
Dispensatory :: Dispensatory (v. t.) Granting, or authorized to grant, dispensations..
Majority :: Majority (n.) The condition of being of full age, or authorized by law to manage one's own affairs..
Proxy :: Proxy (n.) A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting..
Vote :: Vote (v. i.) To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others..
Unauthorize :: Unauthorize (v. t.) To disown the authority of; to repudiate.
Treaty :: Treaty (n.) An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance..
Groundless :: Groundless (a.) Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion..
Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..
Requisitor :: Requisitor (n.) One who makes reqisition; esp., one authorized by a requisition to investigate facts..
Vicar :: Vicar (n.) One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands..
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