authorize
authorize is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
- 2.To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
- 3.To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. Shak.
- 4.To justify; to furnish a ground for. Locke.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is authorize.
- What is to make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage called?
- What is to establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage called?
- What is to sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. Shak called?
- What is to justify; to furnish a ground for. Locke called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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