Authorizes vs Authorises - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between authorizes and authorises

is that authorizes is third-person singular of authorize while authorises is third-person singular of authorise.

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(authorize)

* authorise (British) * authourise (rare) * authourize (rare)

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To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).

The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.

To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

The judge authorized the wiretapping.

* deauthorize, deauthorise * authorization, authorisation * unauthorized, unauthorised