Part 793

<blockquote>By what <b>authority</b> doest thou these things ? <i>Matt. xxi. 23.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; <as>as, the local <ex>authorities</ex> of the States; the military <ex>authorities</ex>.</as></def> <mark>[Chiefly in the plural.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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>as, an historian of no <ex>authority</ex>; a magistrate of great <ex>authority</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.</def> Hence: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Testimony; witness.</def> "And on that high <i>authority</i> had believed." <i>Milton</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>Justification; warrant.</def>

<blockquote>Wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern <b>Authority</b> for sin, warrant for blame. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Au"thor*i`za*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>authorisabilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being authorized.</def>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Authorization</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au`thor*i*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>autorisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>authorization</b> of laws. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A special <b>authorization</b> from the chief. <i>Merivale.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Authorize</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"thor*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Authorized</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Authorizing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>autorize</ets>, F. <ets>autoriser</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>auctorizare</ets>, <ets>authorisare</ets>. See <er>Author</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; <as>as, to <ex>authorize</ex> commissioners to settle a boundary</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; <as>as, to <ex>authorize</ex> a marriage</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; <as>as, idioms <ex>authorized</ex> by usage</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; <as>as, to <ex>authorize</ex> a report</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A woman's story at a winter's fire, <b>Authorized</b> by her grandam. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To justify; to furnish a ground for.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<h1>To ~ one's self</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>To ~ one's self</hw><def>, to rely for authority.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Authorizing himself</b>, for the most part, upon other histories. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Authorized</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"thor*ized</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessed of or endowed with authority; <as>as, an <ex>authorized</ex> agent</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sanctioned by authority.</def>

<cs><col>The Authorized Version</col> <cd>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.</cd></cs>

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