authorizing Definition

authorize
authorise
verb authorized, authorizing

1. To give someone the power or right to do something.
2. To give permission for something.

Thesaurus: approve, permit, sanction, consent to, enable, allow, OK, legalize, license, warrant; Antonym: prohibit.

Derivative: authorization
noun

Permission to do something
Thesaurus: approval, certification, permission, sanction, imprimatur, leave, licence, permit, warrant, credentials, slang: go-ahead, green light.

Derivative: authorizer
noun

Etymology: 14c: from French autoriser, from Latin auctorizare, from auctor author.