Author /(a̤"thẽr)/

Au·thor

Author

n.
  1. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.
    Eternal King; thee, Author of all being.
  2. One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.
    The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
  3. The editor of a periodical. [Obs.]
  4. An informant. [Archaic]

Author

v. t.
  1. To occasion; to originate. [Obs.]
    Such an overthrow . . . I have authored.
  2. To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.]
    More of him I dare not author.