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Synonyms for authorize
ˈɔ θəˌraɪzau·tho·rize

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. authorize, authorise, pass, clearverb

    grant authorization or clearance for

    "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

    Synonyms:
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  2. empower, authorise, authorizeverb

    give or delegate power or authority to

    "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

    Synonyms:
    invest, authorise, endue, empower, endow, pass, indue, clear, gift

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. authorizeverb

    Synonyms:
    sanction, justify, warrant, legalize, support by authority

  2. authorizeverb

    Synonyms:
    empower, commission, permit, allow, give permission to, give leave to, give authority to

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  1. authorizeverb

    Synonyms:
    empower, commission, sanction, warrant, justify, confirm

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How to use authorize in a sentence?

  1. Alan Dershowitz:

    And its the Democrats who want to know why there wasnt charges. They want to know what the split was between those who wanted to charge and not charge an obstruction of justice. The law does not authorize that to be released. Dershowitz said Barr can use his discretion when it comes to the release of the Mueller report, but no court should order him to release the entire thing. He also warned that innocent people can fall for perjury traps. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP If an innocent person testifies truthfully and somebody else testifies the other way and if prosecutors choose to believe the other person, youve fallen into a perjury trap.

  2. Donald Trump:

    What I do is I authorize my military.

  3. Michael Bosworth:

    The meeting with The FBI is the exact opposite of what the Hillary Clinton campaign would've wanted, the The FBI meeting is something they didn't authorize, they didn't direct Hillary Clinton to do, and they didn't want Hillary Clinton to do.

  4. Matt Zeller:

    It does not authorize any new visas.

  5. President Barack Obama on Friday:

    The reason that a lot of environmentalists are concerned about it is the way that you get the oil out in Canada is an extraordinarily dirty way of extracting oil, and obviously there are always risks in piping a lot of oil through Nebraska farmland and other parts of the country, i haven't made a final determination on it, but what I've said is, 'we're not going to authorize a pipeline that benefits largely a foreign company if it can't be shown that it is safe and if it can't be shown that overall it would not contribute to climate change,'.


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