authorize

About 1.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.

   The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.

Similar words

pass clear authorise grant permission admit permit authorization allow permitting

Often followed by

the a and any an such or him it you

Word family

authorized authorizer authorizers authorizes authorizing