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verb (v)

• grant authorization or clearance for(verb.communication)

  Example:
  The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography.
  

  Synonym:
  authorise, clear, pass
  

  source: wordnet30
• give or delegate power or authority to(verb.social)

  Example:
  She authorized her assistant to sign the papers.
  

  Synonym:
  authorise, empower
  

  source: wordnet30
• To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.(verb)

  source: webster1913