v. Obs. rare–1. [? for authoritate (cf. med.L. auctōritāre); or f. L. dare, datum, to give.] To attribute to an author, to father on.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. 1834, 198. Authoridating this [proverb] on Paul, the first on Solomon, and the other on Terence.
