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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Authorized \Au"thor*ized\, adjective
1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.
2. Sanctioned by authority.
{The Authorized Version} of the Bible is the English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction of King James I. It was ''appointed to be read in churches,'' and has been the accepted English Bible. The Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Authorize \Au"thor*ize\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Authorized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Authorizing}.] [OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr. LL. auctorizare, authorisare. See {Author}.]
1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
A woman's story at a winter's fire, Authorized by her grandam. --Shak.
5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. --Locke.
{To authorize one's self}, to rely for authority. [Obs.]
Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. --Sir P. Sidney.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
authorized
adjective
1: endowed with authority [syn: {authorised}] [ant: {unauthorized}]
2: sanctioned by established authority; "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography" [syn: {authoritative}, {authorised}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "authorized": absolute, accredited, actionable, applicable, appointed, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, chartered, clothed with authority, commanding, commissioned, competent, consequential, considerable, constitutional, controlling, delegated, deputized, dominant, duly constituted, eminent, empowered, enfranchised, entitled, ex officio, franchised, governing, great, hegemonic, hegemonistic, imperative, important, influential, judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, kosher, lawful, lawmaking, leading, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate, licensed, licit, mighty, momentous, monocratic, official, patented, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, privileged, prominent, puissant, ranking, rightful, ruling, sanctioned, senior, statutory, substantial, superior, supreme, totalitarian, valid, warranted, weighty, within the law
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