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au⋅to⋅graph

  [aw-tuh-graf, -grahf]
Use Autograph in a Sentence
–noun
1. a person's own signature: He collects autographs of artists.
2. something written in a person's own hand, as a manuscript or letter.
–adjective
3. written by a person's own hand: an autograph letter.
4. containing autographs: an autograph album.
–verb (used with object)
5. to write one's name on or in; sign: to autograph a book.
6. to write with one's own hand.
Origin:
1630–40; < L autographum, n. use of neut. of L autographus written with one's own hand < Gk autógraphos. See auto- 1 , -graph

Related forms:
au⋅to⋅graph⋅ic  [aw-tuh-graf-ik] , au⋅to⋅graph⋅i⋅cal, adjective
au⋅to⋅graph⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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au·to·graph   (ô'tə-grāf')   
n.  
  1. A person's own signature or handwriting.
  2. A manuscript in the author's handwriting.
tr.v.   au·to·graphed, au·to·graph·ing, au·to·graphs
  1. To write one's name or signature on or in; sign.
  2. To write in one's own handwriting.
adj.  Written in the writer's own handwriting: an autograph letter.

[Late Latin autographum, from neuter of Latin autographus, written with one's own hand, from Greek autographos : auto-, auto- + graphein, to write; see -graph.]
au'to·graph'ic, au'to·graph'i·cal adj., au'to·graph'i·cal·ly adv.
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Autograph

Au"to*graph\, n. [F. autographe, fr. Gr. ? autographic; ? self + ? to write.] That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

Autograph

Au"to*graph\, a. In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
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Language Translation for : Autograph
Spanish: autógrafo,
German: das Autogramm,
Japanese: サイン
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autograph 
1791, from L. autographum, from Gk. autographos "written with one's own hand," from autos- "self" (comb. form) + graphein "to write" (originally "to scratch"). Used earlier (1640s) to mean "author's own manuscript." The verb, meaning "to sign one's name" dates from 1837.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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