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5. To justify; to furnish a ground for. Locke.

To authorize one's self, to rely for authority. [Obs.]

Authorizing himself, for the most part, upon other histories. Sir P. Sidney.

Au"thor*ized (&?;), a. 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.

Au"thor*i`zer (&?;), n. One who authorizes.

Au"thor*less, a. Without an author; without authority; anonymous.

Au"thor*ly, a. Authorial. [R.] Cowper.

Au"thor*ship, n. 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.

Au"tho*type (&?;), n. A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph. Knight.

Au"to- (&?;). [Gr. &?; self.] A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.

Au`to*bi*og"ra*pher (&?;), n. [Auto- + biographer.] One who writers his own life or biography.

{ Au`to*bi`o*graph"ic (&?;), Au`to*bi`o*graph"ic*al (&?;), } a. Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch. "Such traits of the autobiographic sort." Carlyle. -- Au`to*bi`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Au`to*bi*og"ra*phist (&?;), n. One who writes his own life; an autobiographer. [R.]

Au`to*bi*og"ra*phy (&?;), n.; pl. Autobiographies (&?;). [Auto- + biography.] A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.

{ Au`to*car"pous (&?;), Au`to*car"pi*an (&?;), } a. [Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.

Au`to*ceph"a*lous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; independent; &?; self + &?; head.] (Eccl. Hist.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

Au`to*chron"o*graph (&?;), n. [Auto- + chronograph.] An instrument for the instantaneous self- recording or printing of time. Knight.

Au*toch"thon (&?;), n.; pl. E. Authochthons (&?;), L. Autochthones (&?;). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, pl. &?;, 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.

{ Au*toch"tho*nal (&?;), Au`thoch*thon"ic (&?;), Au*toch"tho*nous (&?;), } a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

Au*toch"tho*nism (&?;), n. The state of being autochthonal.

Au*toch"tho*ny, n. An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.

Au"to*clave (&?;), n. [F., fr. Gr. a'yto`s self + L. clavis key.] A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid. Knight.

Au*toc"ra*cy (&?;), n.; pl. Autocracies. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. 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.