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authorize

verbid 562·updated Jun 3, 2026
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To give official permission or approval for an undertaking; sanction; empower.

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

Unclassifiedauthoritativetrigger_default_value

Automation

Unclassifiedauthoritativetrigger_default_value

Variants

synonym
authoriseempowerpass
pasttense
authorized
presentparticiple
authorizing
thirdpersonsingular
authorizes
pastparticiple
authorized

Framework definitions

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
§1
To give official permission or approval for an undertaking; sanction; empower.
NERC CIP-010-2 (Config Change Management & Vulnerability) v21 senseview framework →
§1
To give official permission or approval for an undertaking; sanction; empower.
NERC CIP-004-6 (Personnel & Training) v61 senseview framework →
§1
To give official permission or approval for an undertaking; sanction; empower.
NERC CIP-006-6 (Physical Security of BES Cyber Systems) v61 senseview framework →
§1
To give official permission or approval for an undertaking; sanction; empower.
Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
to grant authorization or clearance for
§2
to give or delegate power or authority to
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
To give official permission or approval for an undertaking; sanction; empower.
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

Outgoing relationships

verbLevel
  • applylexicon:CognitiveLevel

Incoming relationships

No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.