exauthorate
English
Alternative forms
- exauctorate
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 office; to depose or discharge.
- Exauthorated for their unworthiness. — Jeremy Taylor.
Synonyms
- exauthorize
Related terms
- exauthoration
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for exauthorate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)