Exauthorate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exauthorate \Ex*au"thor*ate\, v. t. [L. exauctoratus, p. p. of
     exauctorare to dismiss; ex out + auctorare to bind to
     something, to hire, fr. auctor. See {Author}.]
     To deprive of authority or office; to depose; to discharge.
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           Exauthorated for their unworthiness.     --Jer. Taylor.
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