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a. [ OE. autentik, OF. autentique, F. authentique, L. authenticus coming from the real author, of original or firsthand authority, from Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; suicide, a perpetrator or real author of any act, an absolute master; a'yto`s self + a form "enths (not found), akin to L. sons and perh. orig. from the p. pr. of e'i^nai to be, root as, and meaning the one it really is. See Am, Sin, n., and cf. Effendi.] 1. Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. [1913 Webster]

To be avenged
On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Authoritative. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information. [1913 Webster]

4. (Law) Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested. [1913 Webster]

5. (Mus.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Authentic, Genuine. These words, as here compared, have reference to historical documents. We call a document genuine when it can be traced back ultimately to the author or authors from whom it professes to emanate. Hence, the word has the meaning, “not changed from the original, uncorrupted, unadulterated:” as, a genuine text. We call a document authentic when, on the ground of its being thus traced back, it may be relied on as true and authoritative (from the primary sense of “having an author, vouched for”); hence its extended signification, in general literature, of trustworthy, as resting on unquestionable authority or evidence; as, an authentic history; an authentic report of facts. [1913 Webster]

A genuine book is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An authentic book is that which relates matters of fact as they really happened. A book may be genuine without being, authentic, and a book may be authentic without being genuine. Bp. Watson. [1913 Webster]

It may be said, however, that some writers use authentic (as, an authentic document) in the sense of “produced by its professed author, not counterfeit.” [1913 Webster]

n. An original (book or document). [ Obs. ] “Authentics and transcripts.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Authentic. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Authenticated p. pr. & vb. n. Authenticating (&unr_;). ] [ Cf. LL. authenticare. ] 1. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. established or certified as genuine.
Syn. -- attested, documented. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.
Syn. -- hallmark, assay-mark. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. validating the authenticity of something or someone.
Syn. -- certification. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. authenticité. ] 1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Authentically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ciwil Law) A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authenticity. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. authour, autour, OF. autor, F. auteur, fr. L. auctor, sometimes, but erroneously, written autor or author, fr. augere to increase, to produce. See Auction, n. ] 1. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The editor of a periodical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An informant. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To occasion; to originate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tell; to say; to declare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

More of him I dare not author. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female author. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is not very much used, author being commonly applied to a female writer as well as to a male. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an author. “The authorial &unr_;we.'” Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. grant authorization or clearance for. Same as authorize.
Syn. -- authorize, pass, clear, permit officially. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Authorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty; -- of governments or rulers; as, an authoritarian regime
Syn. -- autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 expecting unquestioning obedience: "he was imperious and dictatorial"; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
Syn. -- dictatorial, overbearing [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 behaves like a tyrant.
Syn. -- dictator [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sacred functions of authoritative teaching. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having an air of authority; positive; dictatorial; peremptory; as, an authoritative tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mock authoritative manner of the one, and the insipid mirth of the other. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ly, adv. -- Au*thor"i*ta*tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.
Syn. -- government, regime. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Authorities [ OE. autorite, auctorite, F. autorité, fr. L. auctoritas, fr. auctor. See Author, n. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus can the demigod, Authority,
Make us pay down for our offense. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

By what authority doest thou these things ? Matt. xxi. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern
Authority for sin, warrant for blame. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. authorisabilis. ] Capable of being authorized. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. autorisation. ] The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The authorization of laws. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

A special authorization from the chief. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Authorized p. pr. & vb. n. Authorizing. ] [ OE. autorize, F. autoriser, fr. LL. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report. [ 1913 Webster ]

A woman's story at a winter's fire,
Authorized by her grandam. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To authorize one's self, to rely for authority. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sanctioned by authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who authorizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without an author; without authority; anonymous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Authorial. [ R. ] Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a writer who collaborates with others in writing something.
Syn. -- joint author. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. to to be an author of, together with another author or authors; to author jointly with others. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to exist together at the same time.
Syn. -- coexist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit. [ R. ] W. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. exauctoratus, p. p. of exauctorare to dismiss; ex out + auctorare to bind to something, to hire, fr. auctor. See Author. ] To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Exauthorated for their unworthiness. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. ex- + authorize. ] To deprive of uthority. [ Obs. ] Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. ex- + authorize. ] To deprive of authority. [ Obs. ] Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without authority; not authoritative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. maegþ a maid. ] [ Also spelled mawther, mother. ] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + authorize. ] To disown the authority of; to repudiate. [ 1913 Webster ]