9 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
verb grant authorization or clearance for
verb give or delegate power or authority to
originFrom Middle English auctorisen, from Old French auctorisier, from Medieval Latin auctōrizāre, from Latin auctor. See author about the orthography with ⟨h⟩. Doublet of octroy.
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