( v. t. )
To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
( v. t. )
To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012