Definition of Authorized

1. Adjective. Endowed with authority.


2. Adjective. Sanctioned by established authority. "The authorized biography"
Exact synonyms: Authorised, Authoritative
Similar to: Official

Definition of Authorized

1. a. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

Definition of Authorized

1. Adjective. Explicitly allowed. ¹

2. Verb. (past of authorize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Authorized

1. authorize [v] - See also: authorize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Authorized

authoritarian personality
authoritarianism
authoritarians
authoritative
authoritatively
authoritativeness
authoritie
authorities
authority
authority figure
authorityless
authorizable
authorization
authorizations
authorize
authorized (current term)
authorized shares
authorized stock
authorized term
authorized terms
authorizer
authorizers
authorizes
authorizing
authorless
authorlike
authorly
authors
authorship
authorships

Literary usage of Authorized

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"THE DEAN OF CANTERBURY'S NEW TESTAMENT (authorized VERSION REVISED. ... And he adds in a note :— " In recommending a revision of the authorized Version I ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The authorized Version was printed in the usual form of chapters and verses, ... Although it was stated on the title-page that the authorized Version was ..."

3. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"Ltd. (authorized and Subscribed Capital, v iL<mn.ioo) and half by the ... 38 Lombard Street, EC3-—Capital authorized, £5000000; issued and fully paid, ..."

4. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1899)
"To guard against loss or injury from this cause, he proposed the following vote: Voted, That the President is hereby authorized to lease rooms in a ..."

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