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unauthorize

unauthorize verb: to disown the authority of; to repudiate.

Verb

unauthorize (third-person singular simple present unauthorizes, present participle unauthorizing, simple past and past participle unauthorized)

  1. (transitive) To disown the authority of; to repudiate.
  2. (transitive) To withdraw authorization or permissions from.
    • This group of users includes anyone who has created a user account but either hasn't verified their account through their email or has been unauthorized by the administrator.2015, Shaun Walker, Bruce Chapman, Cathal Connolly, Professional DNN7: Open Source .NET CMS Platform, page 157
    • The reverse operation is called “unauthorize” and you’re supposed to do it before removing the DHCP role on a server.2016 December 19, “DHCP Unauthorize: There is no such object on the server”, in Dmitri's Wanderings

Forms of unauthorize

third-person singular presentunauthorizes
present participleunauthorizing
past participleunauthorized
pastunauthorized

Origin of unauthorize

From un- + authorize.

Questions about unauthorize

What does unauthorize mean?
Unauthorize means to disown the authority of; to repudiate.
What part of speech is unauthorize?
Unauthorize is a verb.
What is the past tense of unauthorize?
The past tense of unauthorize is unauthorized.

Words near unauthorize in the dictionary

  1. unauthorisedly
  2. unauthoritative
  3. unauthoritatively
  4. unauthoritativeness
  5. unauthorizable
  6. unauthorize
  7. unauthorized
  8. unauthorized term
  9. unauthorized terms
  10. unauthorizedly
  11. unauthorizedness

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