English > authorised: 2 senses > adjective 1Meaning | endowed with authority. |
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Synonym | authorized |
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Attribute of | mandate, authorization, authorisation | A document giving an official instruction or command |
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Narrower | accredited, commissioned, licensed, licenced | Given official approval to act |
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approved, sanctioned | Established by authority |
canonized, canonised, glorified | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing |
empowered, sceptered, sceptred | invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter |
See also | certified | endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements |
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lawful | conformable to or allowed by law |
legitimate | Of marriages and offspring |
official | Having official authority or sanction |
Opposite | unauthorized, unauthorised | not endowed with authority |
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Spanish | autorizado |
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Catalan | autoritzat |
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