From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Authorized \Au"thor*ized\, a.
1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized
agent.
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2. Sanctioned by authority.
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{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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Authorize \Au"thor*ize\, v. t. [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.
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2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as,
to authorize a marriage.
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3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion;
to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
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4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to
warrant; as, to authorize a report.
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A woman's story at a winter's fire,
Authorized by her grandam. --Shak.
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5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. --Locke.
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{To authorize one's self}, to rely for authority. [Obs.]
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Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other
histories. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
authorized
adj 1: endowed with authority [syn: {authorized}, {authorised}]
[ant: {unauthorised}, {unauthorized}]
2: sanctioned by established authority; "an authoritative
communique"; "the authorized biography" [syn:
{authoritative}, {authorized}, {authorised}]
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