authorize
verbeattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈɔːθəɹaɪz//
- États-Unis//ˈɔθəɹaɪz//
- États-Unis//ˈɑθəɹaɪz//
- Canada//ˈɒθəɹaɪz//
- Canada//ˈɑθəɹaɪz//
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
verbe
- 1
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.
The judge authorized the wiretapping.
The term “Alfredian” then is not univocal; it can mean, depending on the argument, anything from Alfred setting down words by himself, to Alfred working with a little or a lot of help in writing or dictating, or to Alfred authorizing another or others to act in his name with degrees of his personal involvement varying from much to nil.
Meese arrived back at the Justice Department at 12:45 p.m. and advised Reynolds, Cooper, and Richardson that the President had authorized him to "get his arms around the Iranian initiative."
Étymologie
From Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with ⟨h⟩. Doublet of octroy.
Formes
- passé
- authorized
- participe passé
- authorized
- participe présent
- authorizing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- authorizes
authorize · To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
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