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authoritative, a.|ɔːˈθɒrɪˌteɪtɪv|
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[f. authority: see -ative.]
1. Of authority, of the nature of authority, exercising or assuming power; imperative, dictatorial, commanding.
1605Answ. Supp. Disc. Rom. Doc. 38 What authoritative Sermons to the Religious..they vsed. 1659Pearson Creed (1741) 44 God's authoritative or potestative power. a1733North Lives III. 132 He was diligent and in acting authoritative. 1749Fielding Tom Jones (1775) III. 160 The first time Thwackum ever wrote in this authoritative stile. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circ. ii. (1874) 264 Its authoritative minuteness in matters which ladies now-a-days would probably consider their own undisputed region.
2. Possessing due or acknowledged authority; entitled to obedience or acceptance.
1653Gauden Hierasp. To Reader 40 An authoritative ministry. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 449 A number sufficient to constitute an Authoritative Church. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. viii. 301 A written and authoritative canon of faith. 1871W. Markby Elem. Law §42 note, Opinions which are not in a forensic sense authoritative. 1880Muirhead Gaius Introd. 22 The authoritative edition is that of Mommsen.
3. Proceeding from a competent authority.
1809Cobbett State Trials I. 323 To all which both of us do give our authoritative decree and sanction. 1812J. Henry Camp. agst. Quebec 54 No firing without authoritative permission. 1853Marsden Early Purit. 265 An authoritative declaration of pardon. |