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autograph

Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəgrɑːf/

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Definition of autograph

noun

  • 1a signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer:fans surged around the car asking for autographs
  • 2a manuscript or musical score in an author’s or musician’s own handwriting: the earliest version of the work is possibly an autograph
  • [mass noun] a person’s handwriting: a songbook in Purcell’s autograph

verb

[with object]
  • write one’s signature on (something); sign:the whole team autographed a shirt for him (as adjective autographed)an autographed photo

adjective

  • written in the author’s own handwriting:an autograph manuscript
  • (of a painting or sculpture) done by the artist, not by a copier: five of the drawings are accepted as autograph

Derivatives

autographic

Pronunciation: /-ˈgrafɪk/

adjective

Origin:

early 17th century: from French autographe or late Latin autographum, from Greek autographon, neuter of autographos 'written with one's own hand', from autos 'self' + graphos 'written'

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Definition of autograph in the US English dictionary

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