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/ˈɔθərˌaɪzd/ Listen

verb

Authorize v. t. (past & past part. authorized; pres. part. authorizing)

1.

To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

2.

To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.

3.

To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

4.

To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. "A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam."

5.

To justify; to furnish a ground for.

To authorize one's self, to rely for authority. (Obs.) "Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories."

adjective

Authorized adj.

1.

Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

2.

Sanctioned by authority.

The Authorized Version of the Bible is the English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction of King James I. It was "appointed to be read in churches," and has been the accepted English Bible. The Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855.

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"Authorized" Quotes from Famous Books

... Joy across the floor with him, in her green-and-silver draperies, and began to wind the victrola, which had been tucked into a nook where Mrs. Hewitt had vainly hoped it would be quite hidden. There was to be an orchestra afterwards for the authorized dancing. ...

— The Wishing-Ring Man • Margaret Widdemer

... Jews. The first, those who were taken from among themselves; the second, those obtained of the strange nations by which they were surrounded, or who were taken captive in battle. This second class of servants were called bondmen and bondwomen. The former class were denominated servants. The practice authorized by law, regarding those who were the lineal descendants of Abraham, placed men and women in the very same relation to the master, who was bound to reward them alike when the period of service should terminate. This is evident from Deuteronomy xv, 12-17: "And if thy ...

— Woman: Man's Equal • Thomas Webster

... the way, one week in Salt Lake City. It was at the time of the Godby secession, when several hundred Mormons abjured that portion of the faith of their fathers which authorized polygamy. A decision had just been rendered by the United States Supreme Court declaring the first wife and her children the only legal heirs. Whether this decision hastened the secession I do not know; however, it gave us the advantage of hearing all ...

— Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 • Elizabeth Cady Stanton

... that the advertisement was AUTHORIZED," returned the editor. "I'm only the temporary editor. The proprietor ...

— Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories • Bret Harte

... - the two-way transmission and reception of sounds by broadcast radio on authorized frequencies using ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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