Authorize

·vt To Justify; to furnish a ground for.

II. Authorize ·vt To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to Legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.

III. Authorize ·vt To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to Warrant; as, to authorize a report.

IV. Authorize ·vt To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to Sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

V. Authorize ·vt To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to Empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.