unauthorize

English

Etymology

un- +‎ authorize

Verb

unauthorize (third-person singular simple present unauthorizes, present participle unauthorizing, simple past and past participle unauthorized)

  1. (transitive) To disown the authority of; to repudiate.
  2. (transitive, computing) To withdraw authorization or permissions from.
    • 2015, Shaun Walker; Bruce Chapman; Cathal Connolly, Professional DNN7: Open Source .NET CMS Platform, page 157:
      This group of users includes anyone who has created a user account but either hasn't verified their account through their email or has been unauthorized by the administrator.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unauthorize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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