ppl. a. [ad. med.L. auctōrīzāt-us authorized; cf. F. autorisé, in 16th c. auctorisé. See -ATE1.] 1. pa. pple. Authorized. 2. adj. Of established authority, accredited.
1548. Udall, etc., Erasm. Par. John, xix. 10. To punishe transgressours of the lawe am I auctorisate.
1558. Kennedy, Compend. Tract., in Misc. Wodr. Soc. (1844), 109. The maist ancient and autorizate authoris.
