to endorse, empower, justify, or permit by or as if by some recognized or proper authority (such as custom, evidence, personal right, or regulating power)
authorizes
verb(au-tho-rize)
to invest especially with legal authority : empower
authorizes
verb(au-tho-rize)
justify
authorizes
noun(au-tho-rize)
prior authorization; especially : authorization (as by an insurer) that is required prior to performance of a health-care service (such as a surgery or prescription of a drug)