authorise

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authorise

verb authorises · authorising · authorised

UK, nonstandard Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize Mr. Waller adds that when the railway was authorised in 1897, one of the clauses of the Act authorising the transfer of the line to the North British Railway provided that that company should work it in perpetuity, and it was this clause that caused the interim interdict to be granted.

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@misc{authorise_2026,
  title = {authorise},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/authorise},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}