## Meanings
1. To give someone official permission to do something.
2. To officially approve something so it can happen.
3. To give someone the power or right to act on your behalf.

## Examples
- The committee authorized the council to take up the matter.
- The bank refused to authorize the payment.
- I authorized my assistant to sign the papers.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂ewg-
- Root: auctorisen
- Root: auctorisier
- Root: auctorizo
- Root: auctor

## Etymology
From Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with ⟨h⟩. Doublet of octroy.

## AI Etymology
Authorize comes from Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor. Compare author about the orthography with ⟨h⟩. Doublet of octroy. The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- and la-med auctorizo.

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