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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unauthorize en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + authorize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To disown the authority of; to repudiate.
  2. (transitive) To withdraw authorization or permissions from.
    • The reverse operation is called “unauthorize” and you’re supposed to do it before removing the DHCP role on a server. 2016 December 19, “DHCP Unauthorize: There is no such object on the server”, in Dmitri's Wanderings:
    • 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. 2015, Shaun Walker, Bruce Chapman, Cathal Connolly, Professional DNN7: Open Source .NET CMS Platform, page 157:
    • Hi. I have a question about “authorizing and unauthorizing” my core. 2023 July 14, Marco_Maria_D_Ottavi, Roon Labs Community:

Forms

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unauthorized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unauthorized Tense=Past lexicographic
unauthorizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unauthorizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic