authorized adjective. ['ɔ:Ɵǝrʌɪzd] Also authorised. LME.
[from AUTHORIZE + -ED¹.]
1. Acknowledged as authoritative; thoroughly established. arch. LME.
■ Coleridge Received and authorized opinions.

2. Endowed with authority. LME.
Oxford English Dictionary The arrangement was made by your own authorized agent.

3. Legally or formally sanctioned or appointed. LME.
Authorized Version the 1611 English translation of the Bible.

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