Autograph definition
A person's own signature or handwriting.
noun
To write in one's own handwriting.
verb
A thing written in one's own handwriting; original manuscript; holograph.
noun
To write (something) with one's own hand.
verb
Written in the writer's own handwriting.
An autograph letter.
adjective
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To autograph is defined as to sign your name on it.
An example of autograph is when a musician writes his name on a CD for a fan.
verb
A manuscript in the author's handwriting.
noun
To write one's name or signature on or in; sign.
The actor autographed a picture of himself.
verb
A signature, handwritten inscription, etc., esp. that of a famous person which is valued as a memento.
noun
To write one's signature on or in.
verb
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The definition of an autograph is the signature of a person written with his own hand, especially one written by someone well-known.
When an author signs her name in a book, then that is an example of an autograph.
noun
To write something in one's own handwriting.
verb
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Origin of autograph
- Late Latin autographum from neuter of Latin autographus written with one's own hand from Greek autographos auto- auto- graphein to write –graph
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- auto- + -graph. From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autographon, “a writing in one’s own hand”).
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