Authority(n.)
- 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.
Authority(n.)
- Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
Authority(n.)
- 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.
Authority(n.)
- That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
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Authorization(n.)
- The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
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Authorize(v. t.)
- To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.
Authorize(v. t.)
- To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
Authorize(v. t.)
- To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
Authorize(v. t.)
- To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
Authorize(v. t.)
- To justify; to furnish a ground for.
Authorized(a.)
- Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.