To give authority to

• license

  1. Official or legal permission to engage in a regulated activity:
  2. A document, card, plate, or tag that is issued as proof of official or legal permission:
  3. A contract allowing someone to use a proprietary product or service:

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  1. Official or legal permission to engage in a regulated activity:
  2. A document, card, plate, or tag that is issued as proof of official or legal permission:
  3. A contract allowing someone to use a proprietary product or service:

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• entitle

  1. To give a name or title to.
  2. To furnish with a right or claim to something:

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  1. To give a name or title to.
  2. To furnish with a right or claim to something:

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• enable

  1. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity (to do something); make able:
  2. To make feasible or possible:
  3. To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to:

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  1. To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity (to do something); make able:
  2. To make feasible or possible:
  3. To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to:

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• empower

  1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority.
  2. To equip or supply with an ability; enable:

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  1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority.
  2. To equip or supply with an ability; enable:

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• commission

  1. The act of granting certain powers or the authority to carry out a particular task or duty.
  2. The authority so granted.
  3. The matter or task so authorized:

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  1. The act of granting certain powers or the authority to carry out a particular task or duty.
  2. The authority so granted.
  3. The matter or task so authorized:

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• authorize

  1. To grant authority or power to.
  2. To give permission for (something); sanction:

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  1. To grant authority or power to.
  2. To give permission for (something); sanction:

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• accredit

  1. To ascribe or attribute (something) to someone:
  2. To give credit to:
  3. To certify as meeting prescribed standards or requirements, as of a profession:

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  1. To ascribe or attribute (something) to someone:
  2. To give credit to:
  3. To certify as meeting prescribed standards or requirements, as of a profession:

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To make or become less severe or extreme

• tone down

  1. (idiomatic) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.
  2. To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.
  3. To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.

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  1. (idiomatic) To relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.
  2. To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften.
  3. To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.

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• temper

  1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate:
  2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by blending, admixing, or kneading:
  3. To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling.

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  1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate:
  2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by blending, admixing, or kneading:
  3. To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling.

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• tame

  1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
  2. Naturally unafraid; not timid:
  3. Submissive; docile; fawning:

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  1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
  2. Naturally unafraid; not timid:
  3. Submissive; docile; fawning:

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• subdue

  1. To subjugate (a region or people, for example) by military force.
  2. To bring under control by physical force, persuasion, or other means; overcome:
  3. To make less intense or prominent; reduce or tone down:

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  1. To subjugate (a region or people, for example) by military force.
  2. To bring under control by physical force, persuasion, or other means; overcome:
  3. To make less intense or prominent; reduce or tone down:

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• soften

  1. To make soft or softer.
  2. To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.
  3. To make less harsh, strident, or critical:

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  1. To make soft or softer.
  2. To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.
  3. To make less harsh, strident, or critical:

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• mute

  1. Refraining from producing speech or vocal sound.
  2. Unable to speak.
  3. Unable to vocalize, as certain animals.

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  1. Refraining from producing speech or vocal sound.
  2. Unable to speak.
  3. Unable to vocalize, as certain animals.

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• moderate

  1. Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
  2. Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
  3. Of medium or average quantity or extent.

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  1. Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
  2. Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
  3. Of medium or average quantity or extent.

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To limit

• temper

  1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate:
  2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by blending, admixing, or kneading:
  3. To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling.

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  1. To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate:
  2. To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other physical condition by blending, admixing, or kneading:
  3. To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling.

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• restrain

  1. To hold back or keep in check; control:
  2. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way:
  3. To hold, fasten, or secure so as to prevent or limit movement:

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  1. To hold back or keep in check; control:
  2. To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way:
  3. To hold, fasten, or secure so as to prevent or limit movement:

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• reduce

  1. To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish.
  2. To gain control of; subject or conquer:
  3. To subject to destruction:

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  1. To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish.
  2. To gain control of; subject or conquer:
  3. To subject to destruction:

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To fulfill requirements

• fill-the-bill

  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of fit the bill.

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  1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of fit the bill.

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• make-the-grade

  1. (idiomatic) To prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit.

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  1. (idiomatic) To prove satisfactory; to be successful or worthy of merit.

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• pass-muster

  1. (idiomatic) To meet or exceed a particular standard.
  2. (idiomatic) To adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.

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  1. (idiomatic) To meet or exceed a particular standard.
  2. (idiomatic) To adequately pass a formal or informal inspection.

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• meet the specifications

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• measure up

  1. (idiomatic) To meet expectations; to be as good as.

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  1. (idiomatic) To meet expectations; to be as good as.

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• meet the demands

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• have the requisites

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• be capacitated

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• be equipped

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• be eligible

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• pass

  1. To move on or ahead; proceed:
  2. To extend; run:
  3. To move by or in front of something:

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  1. To move on or ahead; proceed:
  2. To extend; run:
  3. To move by or in front of something:

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• suit

  1. A set of matching outer garments, especially one consisting of a coat with trousers or a skirt, often worn on formal occasions.
  2. A person, especially an executive, who wears one of these garments at work.
  3. An outfit worn for a special activity:

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  1. A set of matching outer garments, especially one consisting of a coat with trousers or a skirt, often worn on formal occasions.
  2. A person, especially an executive, who wears one of these garments at work.
  3. An outfit worn for a special activity:

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• fit

  1. To be the proper size and shape for:
  2. To cause to be the proper size and shape:
  3. To measure for proper size:

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  1. To be the proper size and shape for:
  2. To cause to be the proper size and shape:
  3. To measure for proper size:

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