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au·then·tic    Audio Help   [aw-then-tik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
2.having the origin supported by unquestionable evidence; authenticated; verified: an authentic document of the Middle Ages; an authentic work of the old master.
3.entitled to acceptance or belief because of agreement with known facts or experience; reliable; trustworthy: an authentic report on poverty in Africa.
4.Law. executed with all due formalities: an authentic deed.
5.Music.
a.(of a church mode) having a range extending from the final to the octave above. Compare plagal.
b.(of a cadence) consisting of a dominant harmony followed by a tonic.
6.Obsolete. authoritative.

[Origin: 1300–50; < LL authenticus < Gk authentikós original, primary, at first hand, equiv. to authént(és) one who does things himself (aut- aut- + -hentés doer) + -ikos -ic; r. ME autentik (< AF) < ML autenticus]

au·then·ti·cal·ly, adverb

1–3. Authentic, genuine, real, veritable share the sense of actuality and lack of falsehood or misrepresentation. Authentic carries a connotation of authoritative certification that an object is what it is claimed to be: an authentic Rembrandt sketch. Genuine refers to objects or persons having the characteristics or source claimed or implied: a genuine ivory carving. Real, the most general of these terms, refers to innate or actual—as opposed to ostensible—nature or character: In real life, plans often miscarry. A real diamond will cut glass. Veritable, derived from the Latin word for truth, suggests the general truthfulness but not necessarily the literal or strict correspondence with reality of that which it describes; it is often used metaphorically: a veritable wizard of finance.
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au·then·tic    Audio Help   (ô-thěn'tĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief: an authentic account by an eyewitness.
  2. Having a claimed and verifiable origin or authorship; not counterfeit or copied: an authentic medieval sword.
  3. Law Executed with due process: an authentic deed.
  4. Music
    1. Of, relating to, or being a medieval mode having a range from its final tone to the octave above it.
    2. Of, relating to, or being a cadence with the dominant chord immediately preceding the tonic chord.
  5. Obsolete Authoritative.


[Middle English autentik, from Old French autentique, from Late Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos, from authentēs, author.]

au·then'ti·cal·ly adv.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean not counterfeit or copied: an authentic painting by Corot; a bona fide transfer of property; genuine crabmeat; a real diamond; true courage; undoubted evidence; an unquestionable antique.
Antonym: counterfeit

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authentic 
1340, "authoritative," from O.Fr. autentique (13c.), from M.L. authenticus, from Gk. authentikos "original, genuine, principal," from authentes "one acting on one's own authority," from autos "self" + hentes "doer, being." Sense of "entitled to acceptance as factual" is first recorded 1369. Authentic implies that the contents of the thing in question correspond to the facts and are not fictitious; genuine implies that the reputed author is the real one.

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authentic

adjective
1. conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief; "an authentic account by an eyewitness"; "reliable information" 
2. not counterfeit or copied; "an authentic signature"; "a bona fide manuscript"; "an unquestionable antique"; "photographs taken in a veritable bull ring" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
authentic [oːˈθentik] adjective
true, real or genuine
Example: an authentic signature
Arabic: مَوثوق، جَدير بِالتَّصْديق
Chinese (Simplified): 真的
Chinese (Traditional): 真的
Czech: pravý, nefalšovaný
Danish: ægte; autentisk
Dutch: authentiek
Estonian: ehtne
Finnish: aito
French: authentique
German: authentisch
Greek: γνήσιος, αυθεντικός
Hungarian: hiteles
Icelandic: ósvikinn, ekta
Indonesian: asli
Italian: autentico
Japanese: 真正な
Korean: 진짜의, 믿을 만한
Latvian: autentisks; īsts
Lithuanian: autentiškas, tikras
Norwegian: ekte, autentisk
Polish: autentyczny
Portuguese (Brazil): autêntico
Portuguese (Portugal): autêntico
Romanian: autentic
Russian: подлинный
Slovak: pravý, skutočný
Slovenian: avtentičen
Spanish: auténtico
Swedish: autentisk, äkta
Turkish: gerçek, hakiki, orijinal
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Authentic

Au*then"tic\, a. [OE. autentik, OF. autentique, F. authentique, L. authenticus coming from the real author, of original or firsthand authority, from Gr. ?, fr. ? suicide, a perpetrator or real author of any act, an absolute master; a'yto`s self + a form "enths (not found), akin to L. sons and perh. orig. from the p. pr. of e'i^nai to be, root as, and meaning the one it really is. See Am, Sin, n., and cf. Effendi.]

1. Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.

To be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. --Milton.

2. Authoritative. [Obs.] --Milton.

3. Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.

4. (Law) Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.

5. (Mus.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.

Syn: Authentic, Genuine.

Usage: These words, as here compared, have reference to historical documents. We call a document genuine when it can be traced back ultimately to the author or authors from whom it professes to emanate. Hence, the word has the meaning, "not changed from the original, uncorrupted, unadulterated:" as, a genuine text. We call a document authentic when, on the ground of its being thus traced back, it may be relied on as true and authoritative (from the primary sense of "having an author, vouched for"); hence its extended signification, in general literature, of trustworthy, as resting on unquestionable authority or evidence; as, an authentic history; an authentic report of facts.

A genuine book is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An authentic book is that which relates matters of fact as they really happened. A book may be genuine without being, authentic, and a book may be authentic without being genuine. --Bp. Watson.

Note: It may be said, however, that some writers use authentic (as, an authentic document) in the sense of "produced by its professed author, not counterfeit."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Authentic

Au*then"tic\, a. [OE. autentik, OF. autentique, F. authentique, L. authenticus coming from the real author, of original or firsthand authority, from Gr. ?, fr. ? suicide, a perpetrator or real author of any act, an absolute master; a'yto`s self + a form "enths (not found), akin to L. sons and perh. orig. from the p. pr. of e'i^nai to be, root as, and meaning the one it really is. See Am, Sin, n., and cf. Effendi.]

1. Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.

To be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. --Milton.

2. Authoritative. [Obs.] --Milton.

3. Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.

4. (Law) Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.

5. (Mus.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.

Syn: Authentic, Genuine.

Usage: These words, as here compared, have reference to historical documents. We call a document genuine when it can be traced back ultimately to the author or authors from whom it professes to emanate. Hence, the word has the meaning, "not changed from the original, uncorrupted, unadulterated:" as, a genuine text. We call a document authentic when, on the ground of its being thus traced back, it may be relied on as true and authoritative (from the primary sense of "having an author, vouched for"); hence its extended signification, in general literature, of trustworthy, as resting on unquestionable authority or evidence; as, an authentic history; an authentic report of facts.

A genuine book is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An authentic book is that which relates matters of fact as they really happened. A book may be genuine without being, authentic, and a book may be authentic without being genuine. --Bp. Watson.

Note: It may be said, however, that some writers use authentic (as, an authentic document) in the sense of "produced by its professed author, not counterfeit."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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