disauthorize

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verb

To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit.

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Meanings

verbdisauthorize (third-person singular simple present disauthorizes, present participle disauthorizing, simple past and past participle disauthorized)

present singular third person disauthorizes · participle present disauthorizing · participle past disauthorized · past disauthorized

  1. transitiveTo deprive of credit or authority; to discredit.

    disauthorize a Note

    1651, Henry Wotton, A Philosophical Survey of Education

Origin

From dis- + authorize.

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APA

disauthorize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disauthorize

MLA

“disauthorize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disauthorize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disauthorize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disauthorize.

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