Authorise (Verb)
Meaning 1
Give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- The board will authorise the new employee to manage the marketing campaign.
- Her employer will not authorise the time off until she completes her tasks.
- She refused to authorise her business partner to handle her client list.
- His commander authorised the squad to search the enemy camp at midnight.
- Their instructor would authorise students to graduate if they meet all the course requirements.
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Meaning 2
Grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.