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Exact Match:

authorize: grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

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devolve collapse: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"; pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"

entitle collapse: give a title to; give the right to; "The Freedom of Information Act entitles you to request your FBI file"

enfranchise collapse: grant voting rights

legalize collapse: make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"

legislate collapse: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"

endue collapse

deputize collapse

vest collapse: a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat; clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes; clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments; become legally vested; "The property vests in the trustees"; place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons; "She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"

entrust collapse: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"; put into the care or protection of someone; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care"

notarize collapse: authenticate as a notary; "We had to have the signature notarized"

empower collapse: give or delegate power or authority to; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"

enable collapse: render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"

endow collapse: furnish with an endowment; "When she got married, she got dowered"; give qualities or abilities to

undersign collapse: sign at the bottom of (a document)

swear to collapse

authenticate collapse: establish the authenticity of something

send out collapse

appoint collapse: furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"; create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"; assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

delegate collapse: a person appointed or elected to represent others; give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person); transfer power to someone

constitute collapse: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

rubber stamp collapse: routine authorization of an action without questions

privilege collapse: a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all; (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship; bestow a privilege upon

justify collapse: adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins"; show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"; show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"

require collapse

subscribe to collapse

prescribe collapse

clothe collapse

underwrite collapse: guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"

countersign collapse: add one's signature to after another's to attest authenticity; "You must countersign on this line of the contract"

permit collapse: large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies; consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

charter collapse: a document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights; includes the articles of incorporation and the certificate of incorporation; a contract to hire or lease transportation; grant a charter to

detach collapse: cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"; come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"; separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

accredit collapse: give credit for; "She was not properly credited in the program"; grant credentials to; "The Regents officially recognized the new educational institution"; "recognize an academic degree"; provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials

indorse collapse

ratify collapse

consign collapse: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"; commit forever; commit irrevocably; send to an address

endorse collapse: sign as evidence of legal transfer; "endorse cheques"

ordain collapse: issue an order; appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"; invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"; order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

commit collapse: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

franchise collapse: a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote); an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place; a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area; grant a franchise to

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