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Verb: authorise  'o-thu`rIz
Usage: Brit (=authorize)
  1. Give or delegate power or authority to
    "She authorised her assistant to sign the papers"
    - empower, authorize
     
  2. Grant authorization or clearance for
    "The rock star never authorised this slanderous biography"
    - authorize, pass, clear

Derived forms: authorised, authorises, authorising

See also: authorisation [Brit], authoriser [Brit]

Type of: allow, appoint, charge, countenance, let, permit

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