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        "From Middle English auctorite, autorite (“authority, book or quotation that settles an argument”), from Old French auctorité, from Latin stem of auctōritās (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”), from auctor (“master, leader, author”). For the presence of the h, compare the etymology of author."
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              "mean": "(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.\nSynonyms: command, rulership, sovereignty\nI have the authority to penalise the staff in my department, but not the authority to sack them.\nVigilantes may have the power to nab criminals, but they lack the authority.\nShe lost all respect and authority after turning up drunk at the meeting.\nRespect my authority!\n1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.i:\nSIR PETER. Very well! ma'am very well! so a husband is to have no influence, no authority?\nLADY TEAZLE. Authority! no, to be sure—if you wanted authority over me, you should have adopted me and not married me I am sure you were old enough.\n1883,  Howard Pyle,  chapter V, in  The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood , New York, N.Y.:    Charles Scribner’s Sons , →OCLC:But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him."
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              "mean": "(plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.\nAuthorities say the suspect fled on foot.\n1927,  F. E. Penny,  chapter 4, in  Pulling the Strings:The case was that of a murder. It had an element of mystery about it, however, which was puzzling the authorities. A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff.\n2013 August 10,  “Legal highs: A new prescription”, in  The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:No sooner has a  drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again."
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              "mean": "(countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.\nthe world's foremost authority on orangutans\nMy cheap dictionary is not the authority on word derivations.\n1930 September 18, Albert Einstein, as quoted in Albert Einstein: Creator and Rebel (1988) by Banesh Hoffman\nTo punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself."
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              "mean": "(uncountable) Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.\nSynonyms: cred, gravitas\nSome thinkers regard appealing to authority as a logical fallacy; others regard it as a legitimate form of argument."
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              "mean": "(uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.\n1964 July,  “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in  Modern Railways, page 2:Authority to construct eight carriages, to test the new design in public service, had already been given; but of course complete working drawings had first to be prepared."
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              "mean": "(countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.\nNew York Port Authority\nChicago Transit Authority"
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