Verb authorize has 2 senses
  1. authorize, authorise, pass, clear - grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
    --1 is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
    Derived forms: noun authorization3, noun authorizer1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
  2. empower, authorise, authorize - give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
    --2 is one way to appoint, charge
    Derived form: noun authorization4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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