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authorize
/ˈɑθəɹaɪz/
verb
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
"The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter."
To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
"The judge authorized the wiretapping."
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