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autumn definition

au·tumn (ôt′əm)

noun

  1. the season that comes between summer and winter; fall: in the astronomical year, that period between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice
  2. any period of maturity or of beginning decline

Etymology: ME autumpne < OFr autompne < L autumnus, auctumnus; prob. of Etr orig.

adjective

of, in, for, or characteristic of fall

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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