to reauthorize
- verb
- /ˌriːˈɔːθəraɪz/
- Formal
- Now, in recent decades, Congress has revisited and reauthorized the farm bill about once every five to seven years.
- Congress reauthorized
- legislation to reauthorize
- reauthorized act
No, I mean, this is this, you know, FISA has to be reauthorized every four years.
- No, I mean, this is this, you know, FISA has to be reauthorized every four years.
Examples
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The statute was reauthorized three times by Congress, each time with detailed amendments.
Academic text (1998) -
Temporary tax credits, for instance, must be reauthorized or they will expire.
Academic text (2016) -
Moreover, my Administration looks forward to working with Congress to strengthen and reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
Blog text (6) -
Groups want Congress to reauthorize the migratory bird conservation program.
Academic text (2009) -
TANF was reauthorized with the passage of the federal budget bill in February 2006.
Academic text (2006) -
Originally passed in 1994, VAWA has been consistently reauthorized and improved with broad bipartisan support.
Blog text (26) -
In October 2004, Congress reauthorized IDEIA, including language that outlines how the NCLBA mandates apply to special education personnel and services.
Academic text (2005) -
In 1990, PL 94-142 was reauthorized as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (PL 101-476).
Academic text (2004) -
The government decided to reauthorize the funding for public schools after the recent evaluation.
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After much discussion, the committee voted to reauthorize the environmental protection agency's initiatives.
Synonyms
To allow something again after it was allowed before
To give a new official permission for something when the old one ends
To give official approval again after a careful check
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
reauthorize = authorize (semi-transparent) = re + author + ize
The meaning is directly and productively built from 'authorize' with re- meaning 'again'.
Etymology
Reauthorize comes from re- 'again' and authorize 'to give official permission', so you can think of someone in authority saying 'yes' a second time. So, to reauthorize is to give that official permission again.