Synonyms for authorize
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : aw-thuh-rahyz |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔ θəˌraɪz |
Top 10 synonyms for authorize Other synonyms for the word authorize
Définition of authorize
Origin :- "give formal approval to," late 14c., autorisen, from Old French autoriser "authorize, give authority to" (12c.), from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from auctor (see author (n.)). Modern spelling from 16c. Related: Authorized; authorizing.
- verb give power or control
- verb permit, allow
- I authorize you now to break all this to the family in any way you think best.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- What resolution had they come to, he asked, as he could not authorize them to fight?
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- However, will you authorize my father-in-law to undertake your case?
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Certainly, I authorize M. Leveque to do so, and tell him that I thank him a thousand times.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- If you authorize me to act for you, I have no doubt something can be arranged.
- Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
- Some argued that no papal dispensation could authorize or justify such a marriage.
- Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
- I authorize you to take all the risks,' he said, after a short silence. '
- Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
- On the contrary, they did authorize the "admission" of spectral evidence.
- Extract from : « Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather » by Charles W. Upham
- But this does not authorize you to be stern and harsh, as an officer in the army.
- Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
- I did not know of any experiments which might authorize a denial of it.
- Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
Antonyms for authorize
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