authorised

From the verb authorise: (⇒ conjugate)

authorised is: ⓘ

v past (UK)

v past p (UK)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

au•thor•ize /ˈɔθəˌraɪz/   v., -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to give authority to:
   [~ + object + to + verb] I am not authorized to pay you now.
2. to give authority for:
   [~ + object] He authorized increased spending on medical research.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

au•thor•ize  (ô′thə rīz′), v.t., -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to give authority or official power to;
   empower:
   to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
2. to give authority for;
   formally sanction (an act or proceeding):
   Congress authorized the new tax on tobacco.
3. to establish by authority or usage:
   an arrangement long authorized by etiquette books.
4. to afford a ground for;
   warrant;
   justify.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] au′thor•ise′. 

• Medieval Latin. See author, -ize
• Middle French autoriser
• Medieval Latin auctōrizāre; replacing Middle English autorisen
• earlier auctorize 1350–1400

au′thor•iz′a•ble, adj. 
au′thor•iz′er, n. 

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au•thor•ized  (ô′thə rīzd′), adj. 

1. given or endowed with authority:
   an authorized agent.
2. duly sanctioned.

• authorize + -ed²

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authorize, authorise / ˈɔːθəˌraɪz/ verb (transitive)

1. to confer authority upon (someone to do something); empower
2. to permit (someone to do or be something) with official sanction

ˌauthoriˈzation, ˌauthoriˈsation noun