English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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The quality of being authentic; authenticity.
Authenticate (v. t.)
To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait.
Authenticate (v. t.)
To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
Authenticated (imp. & p. p.)
of Authenticate
Authenticating (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Authenticate
The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.
Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
Authenticly (adv.)
Authentically.
The quality of being authentic; authenticity.
Authentics (n.)
A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authenticity.
Alt. of Autochthonous
Authochthons (pl. )
of Autochthon
Author (n.)
The editor of a periodical.
Author (n.)
The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.
Author (v. t.)
To tell; to say; to declare.
Author (n.)
An informant.
Author (v. t.)
To occasion; to originate.
Author (n.)
One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.
Authoress (n.)
A female author.
Authorial (a.)
Of or pertaining to an author.