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autography
[ aw-tog-ruh-fee ]
/ ɔˈtɒg rə fi /
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noun
the act of writing by one's own hand.
autographs collectively.
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How to use autography in a sentence
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) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett BarrettSo 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) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett BarrettOne part lay upon the stand, but it was not in Lenhart Davy's autography.
Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2|Elizabeth Sheppard
British Dictionary definitions for autography
autography
/ (ɔːˈtɒɡrəfɪ) /
noun
the writing of something in one's own handwriting; something handwritten
the precise reproduction of an illustration or of writing
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