Authorize V Authorise
Both spellings are acceptable in UK and AU English. Authorize has entered English via medieval Latin, while authorise from old French. Latin auctorizare -> French autoriser -> English.
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Famous quotes containing the words authorize and/or authorise:
“I ask especially that no state shall, by law or otherwise, authorize the return of the saloon, either in its old form or in some modern guise.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (18821945)
“I cannot give advice. How can I when I do not authorise success. I authorise it alright. Smile.”
—Gertrude Stein (18741946)