Authorise vs Authorize - What's the difference?
authorise | authorize | Alternative forms |
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
Authorize is a alternative form of authorise.
As verbs the difference between authorise and authorize
is that authorise is standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling|authorize|lang=en while authorize is to grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).authorize
English
Alternative forms
* authorise (British) * authourise (rare) * authourize (rare)Verb
(authoriz)- The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
- The judge authorized the wiretapping.