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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary au·tho·rize (-rized ; -riz·ing) DATE 14th century 1. to establish by or as if by authority : sanction a custom authorized by time 2. to invest especially with legal authority : empower authorized to act for her husband 3. archaic : justify 1a• au·tho·riz·er noun English Etymology authorize "give formal approval to," late 14c., from O.Fr . autoriser, from M.L. auctorizare, from auctor (see author).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 authorize au·thor·ize (BrE also -ise) / 5C:WEraiz / verb to give official permission for sth, or for sb to do sth 批准；授权: ▪ [VN] I can authorize payments up to £5 000. 我有权批准的付款限额为 5 000 英镑。 an authorized biography 经认可的传记 ▪ [VN to inf] [often passive] I have authorized him to act for me while I am away. 我已授权他在我外出时代理我的职务。 The soldiers were authorized to shoot at will. 士兵得到允许可以随意开枪。 ⇨ see also unauthorized OLT authorize verb ⇨ allow Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged au·tho·rize \ˈȯthəˌrīz\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Usage: see -ize Etymology: alteration of Middle English autorisen, from Middle French autoriser, from Medieval Latin auctorizare, from Latin auctor + Late Latin -izare -ize 1. a. : to endorse, empower, justify, or permit by or as if by some recognized or proper authority (as custom, evidence, personal right, or regulating power) < authorize a new version > : sanction < idiom authorized by use > < he was not authorized to use my name > < I would on no account authorize in my girls the smallest degree of arrogance — Jane Austen > b. archaic : to furnish grounds for : justify 2. obsolete : to vouch for : confirm the truth or reality of by alleging one's own or another's authority 3. obsolete : to give legality or effective force to (a power, instrument, order) 4. a. : to endow with authority or effective legal power, warrant, or right : appoint, empower, or warrant regularly, legally, or officially < Congress has authorized the President to suspend the operation of a Statute — O.W.Holmes †1935 > < before Ferdinand and Isabella authorized the first voyage — Times Literary Supplement > b. : to grant or allot by proper authority < a million dollars authorized for the new bridge > Synonyms: accredit , commission , license : authorize indicates endowing formally with a power or right to act, usually with discretionary privileges < a whipping post was erected and the keeper authorized to punish the convicts — Marjorie Freer > Sometimes it applies to the sanction of any force viewed as authoritative < an informality authorized by custom > < an agent authorized by the heirs > < a rite authorized by a church council > accredit may imply endowing or giving formal credentials or proof of authorization to < all ambassadors, ministers, and consuls accredited to foreign states — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > < the Association of American Railroads has had a competent mechanical engineer duly accredited to the Atomic Energy Commission — W.T.Faricy > commission may imply the conferring, usually formal, of rank, office, or status, or specific instructions about duties and missions < Delaware, in commissioning its delegates, restrained them from assenting to any change in the “rule of suffrage” — E.K.Alden > < I commissioned a mutual friend … to break the matter to this gentleman as delicately as possible — W.M.Thackeray > license may indicate issuance of a formal legal document setting forth a particular permission or right < licensed to dispense narcotics > < he was licensed as a pilot > In other senses license may suggest a certain sanction in proceeding with what might be questioned or questionable < through the character of Huck, that disreputable, illiterate little boy … he [Mark Twain] was licensed to let himself go — Van Wyck Brooks > |
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