authorizes

verbgive power or control
verbpermit, allow

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Word Origin & History

"give formal approval to," late 14c., autorisen, from Old French autoriser "authorize, give authority to" (12c.), from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from auctor (see author (n.)). Modern spelling from 16c. Related: Authorized; authorizing.

Example Sentences forauthorizes

There is no such subordination as authorizes us to destroy one another.

Who are you, first, who question me in so haughty a fashion, and who authorizes you to do so?

There is no law which authorizes children to oppose the follies of their parents.

He thus requires and authorizes a manly, intelligent Theology.

You give a Judaical interpretation to your instructions; there is nothing in them which justifies or authorizes your conduct.

He intended to look into the matter when he had a chance, but now he authorizes us to do it for him.

The 43d of Elizabeth authorizes an assessment to be made for three purposes.

What authorizes you to speak of Miss Burnham in that familiar manner?

What it is that authorizes them to believe this sterility in Nature?

A principle which removes these limits, nay, which authorizes us to overstep them, is called transcendent.