Definition of authorize | Collins English Dictionary

authorize or authorise(ˈɔːθəˌraɪz)

to confer authority upon (someone to do something); empower
to permit (someone to do or be something) with official sanction ⇒ a dealer authorized by a manufacturer to retail his products

ˌauthoriˈzation ˌauthoriˈsation noun ˈauthorˌizer ˈauthorˌiser noun

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= empower, commission, enable, entitle, mandate, accredit, give authority to

= permit, allow, suffer, grant, confirm, agree to, approve, sanction, endure, license, endorse, warrant, tolerate, ratify, consent to countenance, accredit, vouch for, give leave give the green light for give a blank cheque to give authority for

British English: authorize If someone authorizes something, they give their official permission for it to happen.Only the President could authorize its use.ˈɔːθəˌraɪz VERB Only the President could authorize its use.
Spanish: autorizar v
French: autoriser vt
German: autorisieren v
Chinese: 授权 v
Arabic: يُفَوِّضُ v
Portuguese: autorizar v
Russian: уполномочивать v
Croatian: ovlastiti v
Czech: zmocnit v zmocňovat
Danish: bemyndige v
Dutch: autoriseren v
Finnish: valtuuttaa v
Greek: εξουσιοδοτώ v
Italian: autorizzare v
Japanese: 権限を与える v
Korean: 권한을 주다 v
Norwegian: autorisere v
Polish: upoważnić v upoważniać
Brazilian Portuguese: autorizar v
European Spanish: autorizar v
Swedish: auktorisera v
Thai: ให้อำนาจ v
Turkish: yetki vermek v
Vietnamese: uỷ quyền v

He could authorize nothing until he personally had spoken to the new Lord Camborne.
Gaskin, Catherine, The Ambassador's Women (1986)
There is not a mayor in the U. S. who would authorize his SWAT team to have a weapon like that, says O'Connor.
Maxim (2004)
Markets were unimpressed with OPEC's decision to authorize the pumping of an extra half-million barrels of oil a day.
canada.com (2005)
The Dutch boxing union confirmed it would authorize the fight.
Sun, News of the World (2002)
One or two men smiled, the others wondered whether the prickly Admiral really would authorize such a gamble.
Bernard Cornwell, SHARPE'S PREY (2002)