Autograph
['ɔːtəgrɑːf] or ['ɔtəɡræf]
Definition
(noun.) a person's own signature.
(noun.) something written by one's own hand.
(verb.) mark with one's signature; 'The author autographed his book'.
Editor: Priscilla--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
(a.) In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
Typed by Hannah
Definition
n. one's own handwriting: a signature: an original manuscript.—v.t. to write with one's hand.—adj. Autograph′ic.—adv. Autograph′ically.—n. Au′tography act of writing with one's own hand: reproduction of the outline of a writing or drawing by fac-simile.
Editor: Paula
Examples
- It is like his face--just like the chiselling of his features: do you know his autograph? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Here, he said, opening the door into Marie's apartment, Marie, Cousin wants your autograph; just put your name down here. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Rivaling the sun in actinic power, and writing its autograph with an unseen hand, it is truly called the X-, or unknown, ray. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A great many persons want autographs, and some would like photographs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Will you guide our friends to that splendid building, and enable me to procure their autographs? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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