authorized

Speech parts

1. authorized - Adjective

2. authorized - Verb

4. authorized - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Authorize

Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

Sanctioned by authority.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

authoritative allowed permitted authorised palatine right official allow legal regular accepted bona fide otitis formal recognized

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Antonyms

unauthorized wildcat black impermissible muharram fell

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Phrases with the word

authorized representative authorized agent authorized capital stock be authorized authorized holiday authorized absence

Examples

I was authorized to do everything that I did. Oliver North

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain-that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist. Lysander Spooner

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. George Washington

Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution. John Ashcroft

No woman should be authorized to stay at home to raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should not have that choice, precisely because if there is such a choice, too many women will make that one. It is a way of forcing women in a certain direction. Simone de Beauvoir

President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance on a far broader scale. Alberto Gonzales

Close letter words and terms

authorization token authorize authorize access authorized absence authorized adaptation authorized agent