Four famous autographs.
When an author signs her name in a book, then that is an example of an autograph.
An example of autograph is when a musician writes his name on a CD for a fan.
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Origin of autograph
Classical Latin autographum, neuter of autographus from Classical Greek autographos, written with one's own hand from autos, self + graphein: see graphic
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noun
transitive verb
au·to·graphed, au·to·graph·ing, au·to·graphsadjective
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 ; see -graph .Related Forms:
adjective
adverb
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(plural autographs)
(third-person singular simple present autographs, present participle autographing, simple past and past participle autographed)
auto- + -graph. From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autographon, “a writing in one’s own hand”).
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