Author(n.) The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.
Author(n.) One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.
Author(n.) The editor of a periodical.
Author(n.) An informant.
Author(v. t.) To occasion; to originate.
Author(v. t.) To tell; to say; to declare.
Authorism(n.) Authorship.
Authorities(pl. ) of Authority
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.
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.
Authorization(n.) The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
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.
Authorize(v. t.) To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
Authorize(v. t.) To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
Authorize(v. t.) To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
Authorize(v. t.) To justify; to furnish a ground for.
Authorized(a.) Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.
Authorized(a.) Sanctioned by authority.
Authorized(imp. & p. p.) of Authorize
Authorizer(n.) One who authorizes.
Authorizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Authorize
Authorly(a.) Authorial.
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