v. empower, commission; sanction, approve, countenance, permit, give leave, allow, license, entitle, consent or subscribe to, endorse, Colloq OK or okay, give the green light or go-ahead to: Who authorized you to speak for all of us?
AUTHORIZE
Meaning of AUTHORIZE in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012