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   autograph

   /ˈɔːtəɡrɑːf/

   noun

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

   verb

   • 1. write one's signature on (something); sign: "the whole team autographed a shirt for him"

   adjective

   • 1. 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"

   Word 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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. autographic adjective

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