autograph

[ aw-tuh-graf, -grahf ]

/ ˈɔ təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

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noun

a person's own signature: He collects autographs of artists.

something written in a person's own hand, as a manuscript or letter.

adjective

written by a person's own hand: an autograph letter.

containing autographs: an autograph album.

verb (used with object)

to write one's name on or in; sign: to autograph a book.

to write with one's own hand.

Nearby words

autogenic training, autogenous, autogenous vaccine, autogiro, autograft, autograph, autographic, autography, autoharp, autohemagglutination, autohemolysin

Origin of autograph

1630–40; < Latin autographum, noun use of neuter of Latin autographus written with one's own hand < Greek autógraphos. See auto-¹, -graph

Related formsau·to·graph·ic

[aw-tuh-graf-ik] /ˌɔ təˈgræf ɪk/, au·to·graph·i·cal, adjectiveau·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverbun·au·to·graphed, adjective

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It's nothing for someone to walk up to me in the store or at a restaurant and ask for an autograph or speak to me.
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He struggled as television crews tried to mike him up for sound and seemed taken aback when delegates asked him for an autograph.
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“The advertising guy would go out to restaurants and would be asked for his autograph all the time,” Brunelle says.
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And people—reportedly less than 20, but still—actually showed up to meet the killer neighborhood watchman and get his autograph!
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Mother took me to see him in a department store,” she said years later, “and he asked for my autograph.
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Their labels, unlike those of his second period, which are printed, bear his autograph inscription and signature.
The Violin|George Dubourg
The "Query" written beneath the Drawing is in the autograph of the Artist.
Dickens and His Illustrators|Frederic G. Kitton
This autograph must be written in a representative work of the author in question.
The Bibliotaph|Leon H. Vincent
I thought you might care for the book because it is an autograph copy.
The Bread Line|Albert Bigelow Paine
We dictate the most important telegrams, which pass unquestioned, without an autograph signature.
Letters from an Old Railway Official|Charles DeLano Hine

British Dictionary definitions for autograph

autograph

/ (ˈɔːtəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) /

noun

a handwritten signature, esp that of a famous person
(as modifier)an autograph album

a person's handwriting

a book, document, etc, handwritten by its author; original manuscript; holograph
(as modifier)an autograph letter

verb (tr)

to write one's signature on or in; sign

to write with one's own hand

Derived Formsautographic (ˌɔːtəˈɡræfɪk) or autographical, adjectiveautographically, adverb

Word Origin for autograph

C17: from Late Latin, from Greek autographos, from autos self + graphein to write

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Word Origin and History for autograph (1 of 2)

autograph

"a person's signature," 1791, from Latin autographum, from Greek autographon, neuter of autographos "written with one's own hand," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + graphein "to write" (originally "to scratch;" see -graphy). Used earlier (1640s) to mean "author's own manuscript."

Word Origin and History for autograph (1 of 2)

autograph

"to sign one's name," 1837, from autograph (n.). Related: Autographed; autographing. Earlier "to write with one's own hand" (1818).

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