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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AU'THORIZED, pp. Warranted by right; supported by authority; derived from legal or proper authority; having power or authority.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: endowed with authority [syn: authorized, authorised] [ant: unauthorised, unauthorized]
2: sanctioned by established authority; "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography" [syn: authoritative, authorized, authorised]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Authorize Au"thor*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Authorized; p. pr. & vb. n. Authorizing.] [OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr. LL. auctorizare, authorisare. See Author.] 1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. 2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage. 3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage. 4. 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. 5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. --Locke. To authorize one's self, to rely for authority. [Obs.] Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. --Sir P. Sidney.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Authorized Au"thor*ized, a. 1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent. 2. Sanctioned by authority. The Authorized Version of the Bible is the English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction of King James I. It was ``appointed to be read in churches,'' and has been the accepted English Bible. The Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855.

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