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Through. [Obs.] "Thorow bramble, pits, and floods." Beau. & Fl.

village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe. "Within a little thorp I staid." Fairfax. Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. Tennyson.

A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Abbott.

Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.

An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.

A description or definition contrary to that which is given by the adverse party. [R.]

g; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton.

A female author. Glover.

Of or pertaining to an author. "The authorial Hare.

Authoriship. [R.]

Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding. The sacred functions of authoritative teaching. Barrow.

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. Thus can the demigod, Authority, Make us pay down for our offense. Shak. By what authority doest thou these things M…

Capable of being authorized. Hammond.

The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant. The authorization of laws. Motley. A special authorization from the chief. Merivale.

To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

, to rely for authority. [Obs.] Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. Sir P. Sidney.

Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

One who authorizes.

Without an author; without authority; anonymous.

Authorial. [R.] Cowper.