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authenticate, v. 1. validate, certify, assure, confirm, seal; affirm, attest, corroborate, aver; vouch, accredit, endorse; guarantee, warrant, countersign, underwrite, insure.
2. verify, substantiate, support, prove, evidence, lend credence; sustain, back up, uphold, make good, justify.
authentication, n. 1. certification, validation, confirmation; affirmation, assurance, attestation, corroboration; voucher, warranty, guarantee, guaranty, insurance.
2. verification, substantiation, support, proof, evidence.
author, n. 1. writer, composer, scribe, inditer, scribbler, penman; belletrist, litterateur, man of letters; novelist, fictioneer, storyteller, narrator, spinner of yarns, romancer; dramatist, playwright, dramaturge, scenarist, screenwriter; tragedian, tragedist, comedian, comedist; poet, bard, versifier, skald, scop, poetaster; librettist, elegist, lyricist, fabulist; essayist, pamphleteer, epistoler; historian, chronicler, annalist, historiographer; publicist, biographer, memorialist; ghost writer, speech writer; journalist, reporter, newspaperman, Archaic, gazetteer; correspondent, contributor, paragrapher, Brit, paragraphist; editorialist, columnist, commentator, critic, reviewer; compiler, annotator, lexicographer, encyclopedist, anthologist; hack, Chiefly Brit., Archaic, penny-a-liner.
2. maker, creator, founder, originator, beginner, inventor; parent, father, begetter, sire, producer; framer, designer, planner, architect; deviser, former, contriver.
authoritative, adj. 1. official, sanctioned, approved, validated, Inf. O.K.'d; valid, true, authentic, genuine, real, Inf. kosher; ruling, governing, dominant.
2. sound, weighty, heavy, grave; documented, certified, attested, SI. from the horse's mouth; corroborated, evidenced, proven, supported, backed up.
3. positive, certain, sure, assured, self-assured, decided, self-confident, confident; assertive, insistent, emphatic, dogmatic, dogmatical; peremptory, arrogant, presumptuous; imperative, commanding, controlling, domineering, overbearing, pushing, Inf pushy; authoritarian, masterly, stern, strict, dictatorial, imperious, despotic, autocratic, Inf bossy.
authority, n. 1. jurisdiction, dominion, domination, administration; sovereignty, dynasty, regency, prerogative, predominance, rule, reign, hegemony; control, sway, mastery, influence, guidance, leadership; authorization, permit, power, force, right, liberty, sanction.
2. sovereign, monarch, potentate, king, queen, regent, ruler, emperor, dictator, czar; head, president, governor, director, commander, controller, magistrate, official; arbiter, judge, adjudicator, decisionmaker.
3. Usu.
authorities government, legislature, lawmakers; law enforcers, police, policemen, gendarmerie, gendarmes.
4. source, document, reference; citation, quote, quotation, excerpt, passage.
5. expert, master, proficient, adept, ace, U.S. SI. crackerjack; specialist, connoisseur, critic; pundit, scholar, sage, walking encyclopedia, Inf. brain.
6. precedent, ruling, decision, judgement, adjudication; statute, law, rule, principle, guide.
7. testimony, witness, evidence; attestation, certification, deposition, sworn statement; warrant, justification, credibility, Inf. O.K.
authorize, v. 1. empower, invest, enable, entitle, depute, Eccles. ordain; certify, accredit, license, legalize, validate, notarize, visa; institute, establish, constitute, set up, make acceptable.
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