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present participle of authorize
Synonyms & Antonyms of authorizing
1
to give official or legal power to
- only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots
Synonyms for authorizing
- accrediting,
- certifying,
- chartering
- [British],
- commissioning,
- empowering,
- enabling,
- investing,
- licensing
- (also licencing),
- qualifying,
- vesting,
- warranting
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2
to give a right to
- this pass will authorize you to go backstage
Synonyms for authorizing
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- empowering,
- enabling,
- enfranchising,
- licensing
- (also licencing)
- accrediting,
- certificating,
- certifying,
- chartering
- [British],
- ratifying
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3
to give official acceptance of as satisfactory
- a system for sound reproduction that has been authorized as meeting the electronic industry's highest standards
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