Autograph Definition
ôtə-grăf
autographed, autographs
noun
autographs
A person's own signature or handwriting.
American Heritage
A signature, handwritten inscription, etc., esp. that of a famous person which is valued as a memento.
Webster's New World
A manuscript in the author's handwriting.
American Heritage
A thing written in one's own handwriting; original manuscript; holograph.
Webster's New World
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
Wiktionary
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verb
autographed, autographs
To write one's name or signature on or in; sign.
The actor autographed a picture of himself.
American Heritage
To write (something) with one's own hand.
Webster's New World
To write in one's own handwriting.
American Heritage
To write one's signature on or in.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Written in the writer's own handwriting.
An autograph letter.
American Heritage
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
Wiktionary
Origin of Autograph
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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
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auto- + -graph. From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autographon, “a writing in one’s own hand”).
From Wiktionary
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