autography
[aw-tog-ruh-fee]
- the act of writing by one's own hand.
- autographs collectively.
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Origin of autography
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Historical Examples
I mean that absurd affair of the 'Autography'—now isn't it absurd?
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
So I turn round and avenge myself by crying aloud against the editor of the 'Autography'!
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
One part lay upon the stand, but it was not in Lenhart Davy's autography.
Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2Elizabeth Sheppard
autography
- the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
- the precise reproduction of an illustration or of writing
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