autograph
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təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf 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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. a handwritten signature, esp that of a famous person |
| b. (as modifier): an autograph album | |
| 2. | a person's handwriting |
| 3. | a. a book, document, etc, handwritten by its author; original manuscript; holograph |
| b. (as modifier): an autograph letter | |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to write one's signature on or in; sign |
| 5. | to write with one's own hand |
| [C17: from Late Latin, from Greek autographos, from autos self + graphein to write] | |
| autographic | |
| —adj | |
| auto'graphical | |
| —adj | |
| auto'graphically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
autograph
1791, from L. autographum, from Gk. autographon, neut. of 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.
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Example sentences
These are pieces of paper containing an autograph of an individual who has died many years ago.
Two buyers asked that he autograph the books for a brother or boyfriend in prison.
Yet he is frequently stopped in the street, on a train or at the airport by people asking for his autograph.
After a talk or at an opening, people crowd round for a chat-and an autograph.
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