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Authorization: Definition and part of speech

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Authorization

  1. n. The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Authorized: Definition and part of speech

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Authorized

  1. imp. & p. p. of Authorize
  2. a. Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Auspice: Definition and part of speech

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Auspice

  1. a. Protection; patronage and care; guidance.
  2. a. A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Auspicious: Definition and part of speech

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Auspicious

  1. a. Favoring; favorable; propitious; — applied to persons or things.
  2. a. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
  3. a. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Austere: Definition and part of speech

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Austere

  1. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
  2. Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
  3. Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Austereness: Definition and part of speech

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Austereness

  1. n. Severity; strictness; austerity.
  2. n. Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.