authorized Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb grant authorization or clearance for
    authorize; clear; authorise; pass.
    • Clear the manuscript for publication
    • The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
  2. verb give or delegate power or authority to
    authorize; empower; authorise.
    • She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
  3. adjective endowed with authority
    authorised.
  4. adjective satellite sanctioned by established authority
    authoritative; authorised.
    • an authoritative communique
    • the authorized biography

WordNet

Au"thor*ized adjective
Definitions
  1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.
  2. Sanctioned by authority.

Webster 1913