authorize
verbEtymology
From Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with ⟨h⟩. Doublet of octroy.
- derived from auctor
- derived from auctorizo
- derived from auctorisier
- inherited from auctorisen
Definitions
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something)
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
- The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
- The judge authorized the wiretapping.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at authorize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at authorize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at authorize
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA