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octroy, v.|ˈɒktrɔɪ|
[ad. F. octroy-er (15th c. in Littré), for earlier ot(t)royer, otreier = Pr. and OCat. autreiar:—L. *auctōricāre or auctōrizāre (through a pronunciation *octoridiāre: see Hatz.-Darm. s.v.) to authorize.]
See also ottroye v.
1. trans. To concede, grant, accord: said of a government or appointed authority.
[1292Britton ii. xiv. §3 Si, pur sa poverte, luy eoms ottreyé par sa surté de sa fei a sure sa pleynte. 1477–1546see ottroye.] 1480Caxton Ovid's Met. xi. ii, Bacchus octroyed and graunted hym this yfte. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) IV. lxxxiv. 144 The Chief Justice..thought that all our liberties were octroyed or granted by the Crown.
2. To impose by authority, to dictate. [= Ger. octroyiren.] rare.
1865Fortn. Rev. I. 505 The doctrine of State rights, though severely stricken, has sufficient vitality to prevent the President from octroying State constitutions. |