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Quote :: Quote (n.) A note upon an author.

Rescind :: Rescind (v. t.) Specifically, to vacate or make void, as an act, by the enacting authority or by superior authority; to repeal; as, to rescind a law, a resolution, or a vote; to rescind a decree or a judgment..

Devest :: Devest (v. t.) To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate..

Assize :: Assize (v.) To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or regulation of authority..

Batrachomyomachy :: Batrachomyomachy (n.) The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship..

Authenticate :: Authenticate (v. t.) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit..

Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..

Chimera :: Chimera (n.) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author..

Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..

Authorship :: Authorship (n.) The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

Twist :: Twist (v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author..

Collector :: Collector (n.) One authorized to collect debts.

Vest :: Vest (n.) To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts..

Believe :: Believe (n.) To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine..

Polyanthus :: Polyanthus (n.) The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, or N. polyanthus of some authors). See Illust. of Narcissus..

Mace :: Mace (n.) A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority..

Mastery :: Mastery (n.) The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

Garreteer :: Garreteer (n.) One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack.

Ancient :: Ancient (a.) Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days..

I :: I () In our old authors, I was often used for ay (or aye), yes, which is pronounced nearly like it..

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