Authorize



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.授权; 批准
• ［英］ v.授权 ( empower; commission) , 批准 ( to give official approval; accredit; license)
• ［同］ 派生词: authorization ( n. 授权, 委任状)
• ［例］ I authorized the man to act for me while I was away.

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-rized; -rizing)

• 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
• • authorizer noun

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