Index of English words, starting with "au"

(1) - Authority (n.) Justification; warrant.
(2) - Authority (n.) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.
(3) - Authority (n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
(4) - Authority (n.) Testimony; witness.
(5) - Authority (n.) That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
(6) - 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.
(7) - Authority (n.) Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
(8) - 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.

(1) - Authorizable (a.) Capable of being authorized.

(1) - Authorization (n.) The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

(1) - Authorize (v. t.) To justify; to furnish a ground for.
(2) - Authorize (v. t.) To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant; as, to authorize a report.
(3) - Authorize (v. t.) To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.
(4) - Authorize (v. t.) To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize; as, to authorize a marriage.
(5) - 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.