authort (athor)

t. [ Execrable slaughter! what hand hath authored it? Fletcher (and others ), Bloody Brother, iii. 4. Do you two think much That he thus wisely and with need consents To what I author for your country's good, You being my tutor, you my chancellor? Fletcher ( and others ), Bloody Brother, iii. 1. 2. To be authority for; vouch for. More of him I dare not author. Mas singer and Field , Fatal Dowry, iv. 2. authore (a'thor-es), n . [Early mod. E. also authoure , authre e , auctre e, auctrice , auctorice : see author and -e .] A female author, in any sense of that word. [ Author is commonly used for both sexes, except in case of special discrimination.]