Definition of author

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Author (n.) One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler..

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Right :: Right (a.) That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal..
Oracular :: Oracular (a.) Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism..
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) A charge or bearing of simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The bend, chevron, chief, cross, fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend sinister, pile, and others. See Subordinary..
Triumvirate :: Triumvirate (n.) A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire..
Authorship :: Authorship (n.) Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs..
Insubordination :: Insubordination (n.) The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
Champerty :: Champerty (n.) Partnership in power; equal share of authority.
Discredit :: Discredit (v. t.) To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
Brigade :: Brigade (n.) Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade..
Uncanonize :: Uncanonize (v. t.) To deprive of canonical authority.
Summonses :: Summoner (v. t.) One who summons; one who cites by authority; specifically, a petty officer formerly employed to summon persons to appear in court; an apparitor..
Regian :: Regian (n.) An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.
Wielding :: Wielding (n.) Power; authority; rule.
Master :: Master (v. t.) To become the master of; to subject to one's will, control, or authority; to conquer; to overpower; to subdue..
Secondary :: Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands..
Unlaw :: Unlaw (v. t.) To deprive of the authority or character of law.
Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.
Vise :: Vise (n.) An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa..
Usurpation :: Usurpation (n.) The act of usurping, or of seizing and enjoying; an authorized, arbitrary assumption and exercise of power, especially an infringing on the rights of others; specifically, the illegal seizure of sovereign power; -- commonly used with of, also used with on or upon; as, the usurpation of a throne; the usurpation of the supreme power..
Affirm :: Affirm (v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation..
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