autograph

autograph
I. noun Etymology: Late Latin autographum, from Latin, neuter of autographus written with one's own hand, from Greek autographos, from aut- + -graphos written — more at -graph Date: circa 1644 something written or made with one's own hand: a. an original manuscript or work of art b. a person's handwritten signature • autography noun II. transitive verb Date: 1818 1. to write with one's own hand 2. to write one's signature in or on <
autograph a book
>
III. adjective Date: 1832 being in the writer's own handwriting ; not copied or duplicated <
an autograph letter
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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