AUTHENTICATE
AUTHEN'TICATE, verb transitive To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities, required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.The king...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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AUTHENTICATED
AUTHEN'TICATED, participle passive Rendered authentic; having received the forms which prove genuineness.
AUTHENTICATING
AUTHEN'TICATING, participle present tense Giving authority by the necessary signature, seal, attestation or other forms.
AUTHENTICATION
AUTHENTICA'TION, noun The act of authenticating; the giving of authority by the necessary formalities.
AUTHENTICITY
AUTHENTIC'ITY, noun Genuineness; the quality of being of genuine original; as the authenticity of the scriptures.
AUTHENTICNESS
AUTHEN'TICNESS, noun Authenticity. [Rarely used.]
AUTHOR
AU'THOR, noun [Latin auctor. The Latin word is from the root of augeo, to increase, or cause to enlarge. The primary sense is one who brings or causes to come forth.]1. One who ...
AUTHORESS
AU'THORESS, noun A female author.
AUTHORITATIVE
AUTHOR'ITATIVE, adjective1. Having due authority.2. Having an air of authority; positive; peremptory.
AUTHORITATIVELY
AUTHOR'ITATIVELY, adverb In an authoritative manner; with a show of authority; with due authority.
AUTHORITATIVENESS
AUTHOR'ITATIVENESS, noun The quality of being authoritative; an acting by authority; authoritative appearance.
AUTHORITY
AUTHOR'ITY, noun [Latin auctoritas.]1. Legal power, or a right to command or to act; as the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children. Power; rule; sway....
AUTHORIZATION
AUTHORIZA'TION, noun The act of giving authority, or legal power; establishment by authority.
AUTHORIZE
AU'THORIZE, verb transitive1. To give authority, warrant or legal power to; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle the boundary of the stat...
AUTHORIZED
AU'THORIZED, participle passive Warranted by right; supported by authority; derived from legal or proper authority; having power or authority.
AUTHORIZING
AU'THORIZING, participle present tense Giving authority to, or legal power, credit, or permission.
AUTHORSHIP
AU'THORSHIP, noun [author and ship.] The quality or state of being an author.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
AUTOBIOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. biography.]Biography or memoirs of one's life written by himself.
AUTOCHTHON
AUTOCHTHON, noun [Gr.] One who rises or grows out of the earth.
AUTOCRASY
AUTOC'RASY, noun [Gr. self, and power, or to govern, to take or hold.]Independent power; supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority or right of governing, in a single person.
AUTOCRAT
AU'TOCRAT,AU'TOCRATER,AUTOCRAT'IC,AUTOCRAT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to autocracy; absolute; holding independent and unlimited powers of government.
AUTOCRATER
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AUTOCRATIC
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AUTOCRATICAL
AUTOCRAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to autocracy; absolute; holding independent and unlimited powers of government.
AUTOCRATOR
AU'TOCRATOR, noun1. An absolute prince or sovereign; a ruler or monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by inherent right, not subject to restriction; a title a...
AUTOCRATRIX
AU'TOCRATRIX, noun A female sovereign, who is independent and absolute; a title given to the Empresses of Russia.1. In the Romish church, a solemn day held by the Inquisition, f...
AUTOGRAPH
AU'TOGRAPH,AUTOGRAPH'IC,AUTOGRAPH'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to an autograph or one's own hand writing.