Authorise

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  authorise \authorise\ v.
     1. grant authorization or clearance for. Same as {authorize}.
  
     Syn: authorize, pass, clear, permit officially.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  authorise
       v 1: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her
            assistant to sign the papers" [syn: {empower}, {authorize}]
       2: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript
          for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this
          slanderous biography" [syn: {authorize}, {pass}, {clear}]