The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton.
One who composes or writers a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler. The chief glory every people arises from its authors. Johnson.
The editor of a periodical. [Obs.]
An informant. [Archaic] Chaucer.
To occasion; to originate. [Obs.] Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman.
To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] More of him I dare not author. Massinger.
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