disauthorize

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ authorize

Verb

disauthorize (third-person singular simple present disauthorizes, present participle disauthorizing, simple past and past participle disauthorized)

1. (transitive) To deprive of credit or authority; to discredit.
   • 1651, Henry Wotton, A Philosophical Survey of Education:

     disauthorize a Note

References

“disauthorize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.