AUTHORIZE

vt to justify; to furnish a ground for.

2. authorize ·vt to make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.

3. authorize ·vt to sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.

4. authorize ·vt to establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

5. 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.