Authorization - Authorize V Authorise

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 (1882–1945)

    I cannot give advice. How can I when I do not authorise success. I authorise it alright. Smile.
    Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)