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What is another word for given authority to?

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Verb
Past participle for to give the authority to do something
enabled
authorisedUK
authorizedUS
sanctioned
allowed
entitled
permitted
empowered
warranted
accredited
licensedUK
qualified
approved
certified
commissioned
consented
countenanced
delegated
endorsed
legalisedUK
legalizedUS
legitimisedUK
legitimizedUS
ratified
validated
OKed
okayed
conferred a right to
given permission to
given power to
given the go-ahead to
given the green light to
given the OK to
given the thumbs up to
granted the right to
chartered
invested
licencedUS
vested
let
privileged
letten
suffered
franchised
given the right to
given permission
given a licence to
given authorization to
given a permit to
granted authorization to
granted a licence to
granted permission to
granted a permit to
given a blank cheque to
given approval to
granted leave to
given the stamp of approval to
granted authority to
given leave to
given someone the authority
mandated
equipt
equipped
capacitated
granted
charged
endowed
entrusted
given authority
invested with power
given the means to
given means to
given the power to
given the word
given the go-ahead
said the word
given the green light
leet
gave authority to
gave power to
rubber-stamped
gave the right to
gave permission to
gave a blank cheque to
gave a licence to
gave a permit to
gave approval to
gave authorization to
gave leave to
gave the stamp of approval to
passed
accepted
cleared
backed
confirmed
put into effect
formalizedUS
finalizedUS
established
approbated
homologated
consented to
finalisedUK
formalisedUK
recognizedUS
agreed to
blessed
blest
affirmed
enacted
recognisedUK
adopted
legislated
ordained
carried
gave permission
gave the thumbs up to
gave the green light to
decreed
made
constituted
engaged
gave the go-ahead
gave the green light
voted for
legislated for
voted in
laid down
made into law
gave the go-ahead to
gave authority
authenticated
upheld
corroborated
supported
substantiated
bestowed
conferred
enfranchised
signed
awarded
graced
appointed
brooked
countersigned
provided
consigned
presented
tolerated
bound
left
vouched for
greenlit
greenlighted
armed
given the nod
gave the nod
assented to
gave someone the authority
rubber stamped
gone for
went for
gave one's assent to
given one's assent to
signed off on
admitted of
gave the OK to
bestowed on
vested in
endowed in
conferred on
undertaken
undertook
lent your name to
acquiesced in
consigned to
heard of
lived with
invested in
granted to
lay down
entrusted to
said the magic word
upholden
given
gave
bounden
given permission for
gave permission for
bore out
borne out
gave the means to
gave means to
gave the power to
gave a certificate to
gave a diploma to
given a diploma to
given a certificate to
given stamp of approval
gave stamp of approval
got behind
gotten behind
gave leave for
given leave for
gave to
given to
given a right to
gave a right to
gave the word
given the seal of approval to
given consent to
gave the seal of approval to
gave consent to
gave the OK
given the OK
given the thumbs up
gave the thumbs up
acceded to
approved of
given okay
given the O.K.
gave the O.K.
gave okay
given someone leave
gave someone leave
“He and his colleagues have been given authority to sign papers previously reserved for ministers.”
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