To give official permission for something to happen, or to give someone official permission to do something.
author+ize
Shared component: author · originator
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originator
Related forms: author · 12 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesdemanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as they wish.
author+itarian
Shared component: author · originator
Having the confident quality of someone who is respected or obeyed because of their knowledge or official position.
author+itat+ive
Shared component: author · originator
To give official permission for something to happen, or to give someone official permission to do something.
author+ise
Shared component: author · originator
Not having official permission or approval.
un+author+ized
Shared component: author · originator
A political system or principle that demands complete obedience to a state or organization in authority and does not allow personal freedom.
author+itarian+ism
Shared component: author · originator
authorizationExtended relation
official permission or power to do something.
author+iz+ation
Extended relation: author · originator
authorizedExtended relation
Officially permitted or approved to do something.
author+ize+ed
Extended relation: author · originator
authorshipExtended relation
the state or fact of being the person who wrote a particular book, article, play, etc.
author+ship
Extended relation: author · originator
authorizingExtended relation
Giving official permission for or approval to do something.
author+ize+ing
Extended relation: author · originator
authorisationExtended relation
Official permission or approval for something.
author+ise+ation
Extended relation: author · originator
anti-authoritarianExtended relation
Opposed to the principle of authority or authoritarian control.
anti+author+itarian
Extended relation: author · originator