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Authority: Definition and part of speech

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Authority

  1. n. Justification; warrant.
  2. n. Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.
  3. n. Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.
  4. n. The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.
  5. n. That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.
  6. n. Testimony; witness.
  7. n. A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.
  8. n. A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.

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.

Austerity: Definition and part of speech

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Austerity

  1. n. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
  2. n. Sourness and harshness to the taste.
  3. n. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

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.

Australasian: Definition and part of speech

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Australasian

  1. n. A native or an inhabitant of Australasia.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions.

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.