English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Authorism
(n.)
Authorship.
Authoritative
(a.)
Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial;
peremptory; as, an authoritative tone.
Authoritative
(a.)
Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled
to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.
Authorities
(pl. )
of Authority
Authority
(n.)
Government; the persons or the body exercising power or
command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military
authorities.
Authority
(n.)
The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem;
influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral
superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an
historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.
Authority
(n.)
That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in
support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
Authority
(n.)
Testimony; witness.
Authority
(n.)
A precedent; a decision of a court, an official
declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as
a precedent.
Authority
(n.)
A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the
author of the book.
Authority
(n.)
Justification; warrant.
Authority
(n.)
Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act;
power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust;
dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince
over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.
Authorizable
(a.)
Capable of being authorized.
Authorization
(n.)
The act of giving authority or legal power;
establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
Authorize
(v. t.)
To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to
legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
Authorize
(v. t.)
To justify; to furnish a ground for.
Authorize
(v. t.)
To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one;
to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
Authorize
(v. t.)
To establish by authority, as by usage or public
opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
Authorize
(v. t.)
To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to
give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to
settle a boundary.
Authorized
(a.)
Sanctioned by authority.