Authorise (5)
'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 all the 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 all the 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 in another clue)
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.
(I know that sanction is a more specific form of authorise)
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" .)