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authorisate

authorisate verb: non-Oxford British spelling of authorizate.

Verb

authorisate (third-person singular simple present authorisates, present participle authorisating, simple past and past participle authorisated)

  1. Non-Oxford British spelling of authorizate.
    • Can anyone tell me how to authorisate apache(nobody:nobody) to send mails ??2001 May 2, <boxfly@free.fr>, “Sendmail and php.”, in comp.mail.sendmail (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jul 2026
    • I authorisated my attorney to correspond to the embassy , but now I would like to correspond with them on my own, is it possible for me to do this?2003 January 12, Larissa, “New regulations”, in misc.immigration.canada (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jul 2026

Forms of authorisate

third-person singular presentauthorisates
present participleauthorisating
past participleauthorisated
pastauthorisated

Origin of authorisate

Back-formation from authorisation.

Questions about authorisate

What does authorisate mean?
Authorisate means non-Oxford British spelling of authorizate.
What part of speech is authorisate?
Authorisate is a verb.
What is the past tense of authorisate?
The past tense of authorisate is authorisated.

Words near authorisate in the dictionary

  1. authoring
  2. authoring program
  3. authoring programs
  4. authorings
  5. authorisable
  6. authorisate
  7. authorisated
  8. authorisates
  9. authorisating
  10. authorisation
  11. authorisations

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