Arising or originating from a figure of authority / Highly accurate or definitive; treated or worthy of treatment as a scholarly authority / Having a commanding style.

Of, or relating to, or exhibiting strict obedience to an authority; favoring authoritarianism over civic and individual liberties.

One who commands absolute obedience to his or her authority. / One who follows and is excessively obedient to authority.

A form of government in which the governing body has absolute, or almost absolute, control. Typically this control is maintained by force, and little heed is paid to public opinion or the judicial system.

Of, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books)

Alternative spelling of authorized

simple past tense and past participle of authorise

The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author. / The source; origin; origination

(dated) A female author.

The quality of possessing authority. / The quality of trustworthiness and reliability.