authorise


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authorise


Past participle: authorised
Gerund: authorising

Imperative
authorise
authorise
Present
I authorise
you authorise
he/she/it authorises
we authorise
you authorise
they authorise
Preterite
I authorised
you authorised
he/she/it authorised
we authorised
you authorised
they authorised
Present Continuous
I am authorising
you are authorising
he/she/it is authorising
we are authorising
you are authorising
they are authorising
Present Perfect
I have authorised
you have authorised
he/she/it has authorised
we have authorised
you have authorised
they have authorised
Past Continuous
I was authorising
you were authorising
he/she/it was authorising
we were authorising
you were authorising
they were authorising
Past Perfect
I had authorised
you had authorised
he/she/it had authorised
we had authorised
you had authorised
they had authorised
Future
I will authorise
you will authorise
he/she/it will authorise
we will authorise
you will authorise
they will authorise
Future Perfect
I will have authorised
you will have authorised
he/she/it will have authorised
we will have authorised
you will have authorised
they will have authorised
Future Continuous
I will be authorising
you will be authorising
he/she/it will be authorising
we will be authorising
you will be authorising
they will be authorising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been authorising
you have been authorising
he/she/it has been authorising
we have been authorising
you have been authorising
they have been authorising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been authorising
you will have been authorising
he/she/it will have been authorising
we will have been authorising
you will have been authorising
they will have been authorising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been authorising
you had been authorising
he/she/it had been authorising
we had been authorising
you had been authorising
they had been authorising
Conditional
I would authorise
you would authorise
he/she/it would authorise
we would authorise
you would authorise
they would authorise
Past Conditional
I would have authorised
you would have authorised
he/she/it would have authorised
we would have authorised
you would have authorised
they would have authorised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.authorise - give or delegate power or authority toauthorise - give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
entitle - give the right to; "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file"
appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
sanction - give authority or permission to
2.authorise - grant authorization or clearance forauthorise - grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"
countenance, permit, allow, let - consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"
approbate - approve or sanction officially
certificate - authorize by certificate
approve, O.K., okay, sanction - give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
declare - authorize payments of; "declare dividends"
licence, license, certify - authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"
commission - charge with a task
validate, formalise, formalize - declare or make legally valid
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
يُفَوِّض، يَمْنَح سُلْطَه
veita umboî
pilnvarot

authorize,

authorise

(ˈoːθəraiz) verb
to give the power or right to do something. I authorized him to sign the documents; I authorized the payment of $100 to John Smith.
ˌauthoriˈzation, ˌauthoriˈsation noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
Grant had brought on apoplexy and death, by three great institutionary dinners in one week, they still lived together; for Mary, though perfectly resolved against ever attaching herself to a younger brother again, was long in finding among the dashing representatives, or idle heir-apparents, who were at the command of her beauty, and her 20,000, any one who could satisfy the better taste she had acquired at Mansfield, whose character and manners could authorise a hope of the domestic happiness she had there learned to estimate, or put Edmund Bertram sufficiently out of her head.
Bar Liquor, Club Liquor and Liquor Depot Licence's authorise sale and consumption of liquor on the licensed premises between 12noon and 10pm from Sunday to Thursday and from 12noon to 12 midnight on Friday, Saturday and public holidays.
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