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English Dictionary: authorized	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
authorized adj endowed with authority Synonym(s): authorized, authorised Antonym(s): unauthorised, unauthorized sanctioned by established authority; "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography" Synonym(s): authoritative, authorized, authorised
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Authorized \Au"thorized\, a. 1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized* agent. 2. Sanctioned by authority. {The Authorized Version} of the Bible is the English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction of King James I. It was [bd]appointed to be read in churches,[b8] and has been the accepted English Bible. The Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Authorize \Au"thorize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Authorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Authorizing}.] [OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr. LL. auctorizare, authorisare. See {Author}.] 1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. 2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage. 3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized* by usage. 4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. --Shak. 5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. --Locke. {To authorize one's self}, to rely for authority. [Obs.] Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. --Sir P. Sidney.