·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.