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Definition of Authorised

1. Adjective. Endowed with authority.

2. Adjective. Sanctioned by established authority. "The authorized biography"

Definition of Authorised

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of authorized) ¹

2. Verb. (past of authorise) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Authorised

1. authorise [v] - See also: authorise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Authorised

authorcraft authored authoress authoresses authorial authoriality authoring authoring language authoring program authoring programs

authorings authorisable authorisation authorisations authorise authorised (current term) authorised term authorised terms authoriser authorises

authorising authorism authoritarian authoritarian personality authoritarianism authoritarians authoritative authoritatively authoritativeness authoritie

Literary usage of Authorised

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"CHAPTER II The "authorised Version" and its I nfluence IF the authorised Version1 of the Bible be the first English classic, as seems by all competent ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... with this requisite may be proved by a certificate under the hands of two justices, who are authorised to grant it on the application of the promoters, ..."

3. pennsylvania archives by Pennsylvania State Library, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (1854)
"The Committee, in consequence submit the following resolution : Resolved, That the Supreme Executive Council be authorised and requested, ..."

4. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1895)
"It was in the first year of Dr. Abbot's primacy that the translation of the Bible authorised by James I., and since used in the English churches, ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"STO, London, 1849 : ' A Plea for an Edition of the authorised Version of Holy Script ure,' STO, London, 1857 ; ' The Communion of the Faithful essential to ..."

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