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verb
To deprive of authority or power
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: depose, discharge, exauthorize
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin exauctoratus, past participle of exauctorare (“to dismiss”), from ex (“out”) + auctorare (“to bind to something, to hire”), from auctor. See author.
