authorise

/AH0 TH AO0 R AH0 S/
verb
  1. 1

    To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).

    โ€œThe General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.โ€

  2. 2

    To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).

    โ€œThe judge authorized the wiretapping.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/authorise, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/authorize