English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Authorized (a.)
Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.
Authorized (a.)
Sanctioned by authority.
Authorizer (n.)
One who authorizes.
Authorizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Authorize
Authorless (a.)
Without an author; without authority; anonymous.
Authorly (a.)
Authorial.
Authorship (n.)
The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
Authorship (n.)
Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
Authotype (n.)
A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph.
A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.
Auto-da-fe (n.)
A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.
Auto-da-fe (n.)
An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.
Auto-da-fe (n.)
A session of the court of Inquisition.
Auto-de-fe (n.)
Same as Auto-da-fe.
One who writers his own life or biography.
Alt. of Autobiographical
Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch.
of Autobiography
One who writes his own life; an autobiographer.
A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.