Akademik

authorise
verb
1. give or delegate power or authority to
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She authorized her assistant to sign the papers

• Syn: ↑empower, ↑authorize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑authorization (for: ↑authorize), ↑empowerment (for: ↑empower)
• Hypernyms: ↑appoint, ↑charge
• Hyponyms: ↑entitle, ↑sanction
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s somebody with something

 (for: ↑empower)
2. grant authorization or clearance for
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Clear the manuscript for publication

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The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography

• Syn: ↑authorize, ↑pass, ↑clear
• Derivationally related forms: ↑clearance (for: ↑clear), ↑pass (for: ↑pass), ↑authorisation, ↑authoriser, ↑authorization (for: ↑authorize), ↑authorizer (for: ↑authorize)
• Hypernyms: ↑permit, ↑allow, ↑let, ↑countenance
• Hyponyms:
↑approbate, ↑certificate, ↑approve, ↑O.K., ↑okay, ↑sanction, ↑declare, ↑license, ↑licence, ↑certify, ↑commission, ↑validate, ↑formalize, ↑formalise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody to INFINITIVE


Useful english dictionary. 2012.