authorizes

Authorizes is the third-person singular present tense of the verb authorize. It means to grant official permission or power to someone or something, or to sanction an action. It can also imply certifying or legitimating a procedure or decision.

In legal and organizational contexts, to authorize denotes empowering an agent or body to act on behalf of another or to approve a specific act, such as authorizing a contract, an expenditure, or a decision. The act of authorizing establishes authority and legitimacy for a course of action within governance, compliance, and management processes.

In information technology and security, authorization refers to the process of determining what a user or system is permitted to do after identity has been established (authentication). This involves access control policies, permissions, roles, and tokens that grant specific rights, commonly implemented through mechanisms like access control lists or role-based access control, and protocols such as OAuth.

Etymology: authorize comes from Late Latin auctorizare, from auctor “originator, author,” itself from Latin augere “to increase.” The form authorizes follows standard English conjugation for the third-person singular present tense.

See also: authorization, authorize, authorizer, access control, authentication, OAuth, RBAC.