auctort

An obsolete form of author. auctorial (ak-to'ri-al), a. [L. auctor (see author) +-ial. Cf. authorial.] Of or pertaining to an author. There is more than people think in the gratification of 1. Boldne ; daring; confidence; intrepidity. The freedom and audacity nece ary in the commerce of men. Tatler. No Homer sang these Norse sea-kings; but Agamem non's was a small audacity , and of small fruit in the world to some of them to Rolf's of Normandy for instance. Cariyle. 2. Reckle daring; venturesomene . A touch of audacity , altogether short of effrontery, and far le approaching to vulgarity, gave as it were a wildne to all that she did. Scott , The Abbot, iv. 3. Audaciousne ; presumptuous impudence; effrontery: in a bad sense, and often implying a contempt of law or moral restraint: as, "ar rogant audacity," Joye, Expos. of Daniel, vii.4. An audacious person or act. [Rare.]=Syn. 2. Hardihood.-3. Presumption, coolne . Audian (a'di-an), n. A follower of Audius or Audæus, a Syrian layman in Me so pot am i a, who in the fourth century founded a sect holding anthropomorph i tic views, and was irregularly ordained a bishop. Audianism (a'di-an-izm), n. The peculiar doctrinal system of Audius and the Audians. In addition to strict asceticism, it consisted mainly in a literal interpretation of Gen. i. 26, 27, reasoning from the constitution of man to the nature of God. audibility (a-di-bil'i-ti), n. [ audible : see -bility .] The quality of being audible. The note itself is po ibly too feeble for audibility . J. E. H. Gordon , Elect. and Mag., II. 92.