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autograph noun [ ˈɔːtəɡrɑːf ]

• a signature, especially that of a celebrity written as a memento for an admirer.
• "fans surged around the car asking for autographs"
Similar: signature, moniker, John Hancock,
• a manuscript or musical score in an author's or musician's own handwriting.
• "the earliest version of the work is possibly an autograph"

autograph verb

• write one's signature on (something); sign.
• "the whole team autographed a shirt for him"
Similar: sign, write one's signature on, sign one's name on,

autograph adjective

• written in the author's own handwriting.
• "an autograph manuscript"
Origin: early 17th century: from French autographe or late Latin autographum, from Greek autographon, neuter of autographos ‘written with one's own hand’, from autos ‘self’ + graphos ‘written’.


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