Authentic Au·then"tic noun An original (book or document). [ Obsolete] "
Authentics and transcripts."
Fuller.
Authentical Au·then"tic·al adjective Authentic. [ Archaic]
Authentically Au·then"tic·al·ly adverb In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.
Authenticalness Au·then·tic·al·ness noun The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [ R.]
Barrow.
Authenticate Au·then"ti·cate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Authenticated ;
present participle & verbal noun Authenticating ] [ Confer Late Latin
authenticare .]
1. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges.
Burke.
2. To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait. Walpole.
Authenticity Au`then·tic"i·ty noun [ Confer French
authenticité .]
1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness. 2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. » In later writers, especially those on the evidences of Christianity,
authenticity is often restricted in its use to the first of the above meanings, and distinguished from
qenuineness .
Authenticly Au·then"tic·ly adverb Authentically.
Authenticness Au·then"tic·ness noun The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [ R.]
Hammond.
Authentics Au·then"tics noun (Ciwil Law) A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authenticity . Bouvier.
Author Au"thor (a"thẽr)
noun [ Middle English
authour ,
autour , Old French
autor , French
auteur , from Latin
auctor , sometimes, but erroneously, written
autor or
author , from
augere to increase, to produce. See
Auction ,
noun ]
1. 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.
2. One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler. The chief glory of every people arises from its authors .
Johnson.
3. The editor of a periodical. [ Obsolete]
4. An informant. [ Archaic]
Chaucer.
Author Au"thor (a"thẽr)
transitive verb 1. To occasion; to originate. [ Obsolete]
Such an overthrow . . . I have authored .
Chapman.
2. To tell; to say; to declare. [ Obsolete]
More of him I dare not author .
Massinger.
Authoress Au"thor·ess noun A female author. Glover. » The word is not very much used,
author being commonly applied to a female writer as well as to a male.
Authorial Au·tho"ri·al adjective Of or pertaining to an author. "The
authorial ...we.'"
Hare.
Authorism Au"thor·ism (a"thẽr*ĭz'm)
noun Authorship. [ R.]
Authoritative Au·thor"i·ta·tive adjective 1. Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding. The sacred functions of authoritative teaching.
Barrow.
2. Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone. The mock authoritative manner of the one, and the insipid mirth of the other.
Swift.
--
Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ly ,
adverb --
Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ness ,
noun
Authority Au·thor"i·ty noun ;
plural Authorities [ Middle English
autorite ,
auctorite , French
autorité , from Latin
auctoritas , from
auctor . See
Author ,
noun ]
1. 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. Thus can the demigod, Authority ,
Make us pay down for our offense.
Shak.
By what authority doest thou these things ?
Matt. xxi. 23.
2. Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities . [ Chiefly in the plural.]
3. 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 . 4. That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc. Hence:
(a) Testimony; witness. "And on that high
authority had believed."
Milton. (b) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent. (c) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book. (d) Justification; warrant. Wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern
Authority for sin, warrant for blame.
Shak.
Authorizable Au"thor·i`za·ble adjective [ Late Latin
authorisabilis .]
Capable of being authorized. Hammond.
Authorization Au`thor·i·za"tion noun [ Confer French
autorisation .]
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.
Authorize Au"thor·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Authorized ;
present participle & verbal noun Authorizing .] [ Middle English
autorize , French
autoriser , from Late Latin
auctorizare ,
authorisare . See
Author .]
1. To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary. 2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage. 3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage. 4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. A woman's story at a winter's fire,
Authorized by her grandam.
Shak.
5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. Locke. To authorize one's self ,
to rely for authority. [ Obsolete]
Authorizing himself , for the most part, upon other histories.
Sir P. Sidney.
Authorized Au"thor·ized adjective 1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent. 2. Sanctioned by authority. The Authorized Version of the Bible is the English translation of the Bible published in 1611 under sanction of King James I. It was "appointed to be read in churches," and has been the accepted English Bible. The Revised Version was published in a complete form in 1855.
Authorizer Au"thor·i`zer noun One who authorizes.
Authorless Au"thor·less adjective Without an author; without authority; anonymous.
Authorly Au"thor·ly adjective Authorial. [ R.]
Cowper.
Authorship Au"thor·ship noun 1. The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author. 2. Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
Authotype Au"tho·type noun A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph. Knight.
Auto- Au"to- [ Greek ... self.] A combining form, with the meaning of self , one's self , one's own , itself , its own .
Auto- Au"to- An abbrev. of automobile , used as a prefix with the meaning of self-moving , self- propelling ; as, an auto car, an auto carriage, an auto truck, etc., an automobile car, carriage, truck, etc.
Auto-da-fé Au"to-da-fé" noun ;
plural Autos-da-fé [ Portuguese , act of the faith;
auto act, from Latin
actus +
da of the +
fé faith, from Latin
fides .]
1. A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses. 2. 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. 3. A session of the court of Inquisition.
Auto-de-fe Au"to-de-fe" noun ;
plural Autos-de-fe . [ Spanish , act of faith.]
Same as Auto- da-fé .
Auto-infection Au`to-in·fec"tion noun [
Auto- +
infection .]
(Medicine) Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in the organism itself.
Auto-inoculation Au`to-in·oc`u·la"tion noun [
Auto- +
inoculation .]
(Medicine) Inoculation of a person with virus from his own body.
Auto-intoxication Au`to-in·tox`i·ca"tion noun [
Auto- +
intoxication .]
(Medicine) Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.
Autobiographer Au`to·bi·og"ra·pher noun [
Auto- +
biographer .]
One who writers his own life or biography.
Autobiographic, Autobiographical Au`to·bi`o·graph"ic, Au`to·bi`o·graph"ic·al adjective Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch. "Such traits of the
autobiographic sort."
Carlyle. --
Au`to*bi`o*graph"ic*al*ly ,
adverb
Autobiographist Au`to·bi·og"ra·phist noun One who writes his own life; an autobiographer. [ R.]
Autobiography Au`to·bi·og"ra·phy noun ;
plural Autobiographies [
Auto- +
biography .]
A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.
Autocarpous, Autocarpian Au`to·car"pous, Au`to·car"pi·an adjective [
Auto- + Greek
karpo`s fruit.]
(Botany) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.
Autocatalysis Au`to·ca·tal"y·sis noun [
Auto- +
catalysis .]
(Chemistry) Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. --
Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic adjective
Autocephalous Au`to·ceph"a·lous adjective [ Greek ... independent; ... self + ... head.]
(Eccl. Hist.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.
Autochronograph Au`to·chron"o·graph noun [
Auto- +
chronograph .]
An instrument for the instantaneous self- recording or printing of time. Knight.
Autochthon Au·toch"thon noun ;
plural English
Authochthons Latin
Autochthones [ Latin , from Greek ..., plural ..., from the land itself;
a'yto`s self + ... earth, land.]
1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. 2. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.
Autochthonal, Authochthonic Au·toch"tho·nal, Au`thoch·thon"ic Au*toch"tho*nous adjective Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
Autochthonism Au·toch"tho·nism noun The state of being autochthonal.
Autochthony Au·toch"tho·ny noun An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.
Autoclastic Au`to·clas"tic adjective [ See
Auto- ;
Clastic .]
(Geol.) Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.
Autoclave Au"to·clave noun [ French, from Greek
a'yto`s self + Latin
clavis key.]
A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid. Knight.
Autocoherer Au`to·co·her"er noun [
Auto- +
coherer .]
(Wireless Teleg.) A self-restoring coherer, as a microphonic detector.
Autocracy Au·toc"ra·cy noun ;
plural Autocracies . [ Greek ...: confer French
autocratie . See
Autocrat .]
1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy .
South.
2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. Barlow. 4. (Medicine) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [ In this sense, written also
autocrasy .]
Dunglison.
Autocrat Au"to·crat noun [ Greek ...; ... self + ... strength, ... strong: confer French
autocrate . See
Hard ,
adjective ]
1. An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar). 2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. The autocrat of the breakfast table.
Holmes.
Autocratic, Autocratical Au`to·crat"ic, Au`to·crat"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. --
Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly ,
adverb
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