authorize

authorize is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 21 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
3. transitive verb. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
4. transitive verb. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
5. transitive verb. To justify; to furnish a ground for.
6. verb. grant authorization or clearance for

   "Clear the manuscript for publication"

   "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

   Synonyms: authorise, clear, pass

7. verb. give or delegate power or authority to

   "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

   Synonyms: authorise, empower

Synonyms

authorise, clear, pass, empower

Common word forms

authorized, authorizer, authorizes, authorizing

Words from these letters

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