Authorise to remove knits from linen basket (6)
I believe the answer is:
enable
'authorise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'remove knits from linen basket' is the wordplay.
'remove' is an anagram indicator (move the letters again).
'from' is a deletion indicator.
'linen'+'basket'='linenbasket'
'linenbasket' with 'knits' taken away is 'lenbae'.
'lenbae' is an anagram of 'ENABLE'.
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for enable that I've seen before include "Empower" , "Activate" , "Authorise" , "Provide with means or opportunity" , "Make possible, give the means to do something" .)