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autograph

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Etymology

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From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- +‎ -graph.

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Noun

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autograph (plural autographs)

  1. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
    Some autograph-hunters were pestering the players after the game.
  2. (by extension, colloquial) A person's signature used as a mark of formal approval.
    If you could just put your autograph on the ol’ contract, please…
  3. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.

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Adjective

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autograph (not comparable)

  1. Written in the author’s own handwriting.
  2. (art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
    • 1979, Nancy L Pressly, The Fuseli Circle in Rome, Yale Center for British Art, p. 37:
      Schiff […] believes most of the drawings are autograph.
    • 1992, Malise Forbes Adam, Mary Mauchline, edited by Wendy Wassyng Roworth, Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books, published 1992, page 116:
      Not surprisingly, he attributed to Kauffman two important works that are no longer accepted as autograph.

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Verb

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autograph (third-person singular simple present autographs, present participle autographing, simple past and past participle autographed)

  1. (transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
  2. (transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting

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