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AuthorAuthor Au"thor ([add]"th[~e]r), n. [OE. authour, autour, OF.
autor, F. auteur, fr. L. auctor, sometimes, but erroneously,
written autor or author, fr. augere to increase, to produce.
See Auction, n.]
1. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence,
the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. Author
Author Au"thor ([add]"th[~e]r), v. t.
1. To occasion; to originate. [Obs.]
Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. --Chapman.
2. To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.]
More of him I dare not author. --Massinger.
Authoress
Authoress Au"thor*ess, n.
A female author. --Glover.
Note: The word is not very much used, author being commonly
applied to a female writer as well as to a male.
AuthoritativeAuthoritative Au*thor"i*ta*tive, a.
1. Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to
obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.
The sacred functions of authoritative teaching.
--Barrow.
2. Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial;
peremptory; as, an authoritative tone.
The mock authoritative manner of the one, and the
insipid mirth of the other. --Swift.
-- Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. --
Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ness, n. AuthoritativelyAuthoritative Au*thor"i*ta*tive, a.
1. Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to
obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.
The sacred functions of authoritative teaching.
--Barrow.
2. Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial;
peremptory; as, an authoritative tone.
The mock authoritative manner of the one, and the
insipid mirth of the other. --Swift.
-- Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. --
Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ness, n. AuthoritativenessAuthoritative Au*thor"i*ta*tive, a.
1. Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to
obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.
The sacred functions of authoritative teaching.
--Barrow.
2. Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial;
peremptory; as, an authoritative tone.
The mock authoritative manner of the one, and the
insipid mirth of the other. --Swift.
-- Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. --
Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ness, n. Authorizable
Authorizable Au"thor*i`za*ble, a. [LL. authorisabilis.]
Capable of being authorized. --Hammond.
Authorization
Authorization Au`thor*i*za"tion, n. [Cf. F. autorisation.]
The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by
authority; sanction or warrant.
The authorization of laws. --Motley.
A special authorization from the chief. --Merivale.
AuthorizedAuthorized Au"thor*ized, a.
1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized
agent.
2. Sanctioned by authority.
The Authorized Version of the Bible is the English
translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction
of King James I. It was ``appointed to be read in
churches,' and has been the accepted English Bible. The
Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855. Authorizer
Authorizer Au"thor*i`zer, n.
One who authorizes.
Authorless
Authorless Au"thor*less, a.
Without an author; without authority; anonymous.
Authorly
Authorly Au"thor*ly, a.
Authorial. [R.] --Cowper.
Authorship
Authorship Au"thor*ship, n.
1. The quality or state of being an author; function or
dignity of an author.
2. Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book
or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
Constituted authorities 2. To make up; to compose; to form.
Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold
that defies destruction. --Johnson.
3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and
empower.
Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine.
--Wordsworth.
Constituted authorities, the officers of government,
collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. --Bartlett. Disauthorize
Disauthorize Dis*au"thor*ize, v. t.
To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [R.] --W.
Wotton.
ExauthorateExauthorate Ex*au"thor*ate, v. t. [L. exauctoratus, p. p. of
exauctorare to dismiss; ex out + auctorare to bind to
something, to hire, fr. auctor. See Author.]
To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge.
[Obs.]
Exauthorated for their unworthiness. --Jer. Taylor. Exauthoration
Exauthoration Ex*au`thor*a"tion, n.
Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] --Jer.
Taylor.
Exauthorize
Exauthorize Ex*au"thor*ize, v. t. [Pref. ex- + authorize.]
To deprive of uthority. [Obs.] --Selden.
Exauthorize
Exauthorize Ex*au"thor*ize, v. t. [Pref. ex- + authorize.]
To deprive of authority. [Obs.] --Selden.
FuthorcFuthorc Fu"thorc Futhork Fu"thork, n. [Written also
futharc, futhark.]
The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the six letters f, u,
[thorn] (th), o (or a), r, c (=k).
The letters are called Runes and the alphabet bears the
name Futhorc from the first six letters. --I. Taylor.
Note: The spelling futharc represents most accurately the
original values of these six Runic letters. FuthorkFuthorc Fu"thorc Futhork Fu"thork, n. [Written also
futharc, futhark.]
The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the six letters f, u,
[thorn] (th), o (or a), r, c (=k).
The letters are called Runes and the alphabet bears the
name Futhorc from the first six letters. --I. Taylor.
Note: The spelling futharc represents most accurately the
original values of these six Runic letters. Inauthoritative
Inauthoritative In`au*thor"i*ta*tive, a.
Without authority; not authoritative.
The Authorized VersionAuthorized Au"thor*ized, a.
1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized
agent.
2. Sanctioned by authority.
The Authorized Version of the Bible is the English
translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction
of King James I. It was ``appointed to be read in
churches,' and has been the accepted English Bible. The
Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855. Unauthorize
Unauthorize Un*au"thor*ize, v. t. [1st pref. un- + authorize.]
To disown the authority of; to repudiate.
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