Authorise (7)
'authorise' is the definition.
(approving is a kind of authorising)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for approve that I've seen before include "Give thumbs-up to" , "Consider right" , "Confirm" , "Say yes to" , "Commend, endorse" .)
'authorise' is the definition.
(entitling is a kind of authorising)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for entitle that I've seen before include "Licence" , "Furnish with a right or claim" , "Style; give right to" , "Name, authorise" , "Give a right (to someone to do something)" .)
'authorise' is the definition.
(licensing is a kind of authorizing)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for license that I've seen before include "Silence (anag.)" , "Silence about permission to sell" , "Grant formal permission (to)" , "Authorise to sell in silence" , "Allow" .)
'authorise' is the definition.
(empowering is a kind of authorising)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for empower that I've seen before include "Sanction" , "Authorise, endue" , "Give strength and confidence to" , "Enable, authorise" , "Entitle" .)
'authorise' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for allow that I've seen before include "Permit, consent to" , "Acknowledge - concede" , "Permit, let happen" , "Grant" , "Permit or agree" .)
'authorise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for accredit that I've seen before include "Attribute (something to)" , "Trace CID and send them with credentials" , "As envoy recommend" , "Show to be correct" , "Authorize" .)
'authorise' is the definition.
(sanctioning is a kind of authorising)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for sanction that I've seen before include "Give approval to, authorise" , "Endorsement" , "Give authority or permission to" , "measure taken against offending country?" , "OK" .)