Definition of authoritative

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Authoritative (a.) Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding..

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Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question..
Dogmatical :: Dogmatical (a.) Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing..
Christian :: Christian (n.) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.
Requirement :: Requirement (n.) That which is required; an imperative or authoritative command; an essential condition; something needed or necessary; a need.
Magistral :: Magistral (a.) Pertaining to a master; magisterial; authoritative; dogmatic.
Shastra :: Shastra (n.) A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas..
Assign :: Assign (v. t.) To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial..
Dictation :: Dictation (n.) The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation..
Directorial :: Directorial (a.) Having the quality of a director, or authoritative guide; directive..
Textuary :: Textuary (a.) Serving as a text; authoritative.
Decretorial :: Decretorial (a.) Decretory; authoritative.
Destine :: Destine (v. t.) To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for..
Bible :: Bible (n.) A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected by many who are experts in the field..
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause..
Record :: Record (v. t.) That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race..
Authoritative :: Authoritative (a.) Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding..
Institute :: Institute (a.) Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n..
Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel..
Potestative :: Potestative (a.) Authoritative.
Rule :: Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..
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