exauthorate
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin exauctoratus, past participle of exauctorare (“to dismiss”), from ex (“out”) + auctorare (“to bind to something, to hire”), from auctor. See author.
Verb
exauthorate (third-person singular simple present exauthorates, present participle exauthorating, simple past and past participle exauthorated)
- (obsolete) To deprive of authority or power
- Synonyms: depose, discharge, exauthorize
- 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
- Exauthorated for their unworthiness.
Related terms
References
- “exauthorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.