simple past tense and past participle of authorize
"After the manager authorized the purchase, we received the equipment within two days."
In plain English: To authorize something means to give someone official permission to do it.
"The manager authorized the purchase of new office supplies."
Usage: Use authorized as the standard past tense and past participle form of authorize to indicate that permission was granted or an action was officially approved. Avoid using it as a present-tense verb, which requires the base form authorize.
endowed with authority
"The new manager was authorized to sign contracts on behalf of the company without needing further approval."
sanctioned by established authority
"an authoritative communique"
"the authorized biography"
Explicitly allowed.
"The manager confirmed that the new intern was authorized to access the secure server room."
In plain English: Authorized means officially allowed or approved by someone with power to make that decision.
"The manager authorized the employee to use the company car for personal errands."
Usage: Use "authorized" to describe something that has been officially approved or permitted by a person or organization with the power to grant permission. Do not use it to mean merely authorized in your own mind or without formal approval.
Derived from Old French autoriser, which comes from Latin auctorizatus (past participle of auctorizare), the term originally meant to empower or give official sanction. Its root lies in auctor, signifying an author, founder, or one who has power and authority.