(chiefly US, sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author.

The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition. / Someone who writes books for a living. / (obsolete, criminal law) Principal.

present participle of authorize

(uncountable) Permission. / (countable) An act of authorizing. / (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.

simple past tense and past participle of authorize

Explicitly allowed.

(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something). / (transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

simple past tense and past participle of author

plural of authorism

(computing) Capable of being authored.