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ing; 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.

t; 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…

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.

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [R.] W. Wotton.

To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge. [Obs.] Exauthorated for their unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

To deprive of authority. [Obs.] Selden.

Without authority; not authoritative.