transitive verb. To grant authority or power to.

transitive verb. To give permission for (something); sanction.

To give authority, warrant, or legal power to; empower (a person): as, to authorize commissioners to settle the boundary of a state.

To give authority for; approve of and permit; formally sanction (an act or a proceeding).

To make authoritative or valid; legalize; validate.

To establish by authority or usage: as, an authorized idiom.

To warrant; vouch for.

To support (one's self) upon the authority (of).

Also spelled authorise.

transitive verb. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower.

transitive verb. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize.

transitive verb. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction.

transitive verb. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant.

transitive verb. To justify; to furnish a ground for.

transitive verb. to rely for authority.

verb. To grant (someone) power or authority (to do something specific).

verb. To give (someone) permission; to sanction or consent.

verb. To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

verb. give or delegate power or authority to

verb. grant authorization or clearance for

"I won't accept your premise and won't indulge you any further on this until you respond to my initial question of "would you 'authorize' - were it your decision to make - internment camps, and incarceration based solely on that profiling?""

forbid  

authorization  deauthorize  

reauthorize  

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Fiat  OK  accept  accredit  affirm  

authorized  authorizes  authorizing