Defn: One who authorizes.
AUTHORLESS
Au"thor*less, a.
Defn: Without an author; without authority; anonymous.
AUTHORLY
Au"thor*ly, a.
Defn: Authorial. [R.] Cowper.
AUTHORSHIP
Au"thor*ship, n.
1. The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
2. Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
AUTHOTYPE
Au"tho*type, n.
Defn: A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph. Knight.