authorizate
authorizate verb: to authorize.
Verb
authorizate (third-person singular simple present authorizates, present participle authorizating, simple past and past participle authorizated)
- To authorize.
- I have a Sparcstation5 running Red Hat 5.1 (2.0.35). Everything is working well, except programs that uses authentication process! The problem is: every authentication task takes TOO long to authorizate....1999 February 12, Amilcar Simoes Silvestre, “Authentication problem in SPARC”, in redhat.networking.general (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jul 2026
- I have a tacacs+ server running on my FreeBSD for authenticating and authorizating dialup users connecting to Cisco NAS. I now^([sic]) how to use 'before authorization' and 'after authorization' programs at the start of connection.2000 November 6, Victor M, “tacacs”, in fa.freebsd.questions (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jul 2026
Forms of authorizate
| third-person singular present | authorizates |
|---|---|
| present participle | authorizating |
| past participle | authorizated |
| past | authorizated |
| alternative form | authorisate |
Origin of authorizate
Back-formation from authorization.
Questions about authorizate
- What does authorizate mean?
- Authorizate means to authorize.
- What part of speech is authorizate?
- Authorizate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of authorizate?
- The past tense of authorizate is authorizated.
Words near authorizate in the dictionary
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