English > authorized: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | endowed with authority. |
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| Synonym | authorised |
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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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