Authorize and Interdict

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Authorize verb - To give official or legal power to.

Usage example: only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots

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Interdict is an antonym for authorize.

Interdict verb - To order not to do or use or to be done or used.

Usage example: the state legislature moved to interdict the use of radar-detection devices by motorists

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Authorize is an antonym for interdict.

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