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“autograph”
1. A person's own signature or handwriting.
2. A manuscript in the author's handwriting.
3. A handwritten signature; especially, the signature of a famous person.
2. A manuscript in the author's handwriting.
3. A handwritten signature; especially, the signature of a famous person.
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auto-, aut-
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grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia
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autograph, signature
autograph (AW tuh graf") (noun)
A person's own signature or handwriting: Several people were asking the actor for his autograph.
signature (SIG nuh chuhr) (noun)
A name written in one's own handwriting: Before Freda could deposit her check, she had to write her signature on the back.
The cashier required the singer to put his signature on the check before it could be cashed; however, she next asked Erwin for his autograph on the picture which she had obtained the night before at his concert.
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auto-, aut-
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group A; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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“autograph”
A facsimile telegraph for reproducing writing, pictures, maps, etc.
In the transmitter the motions of the pencil are communicated by levers to two rotary shafts, by which variations in current are produced in two separate circuits.
In the receiver these variations are utilized by electromagnetic devices and levers to move a pen as the pencil moves.
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auto-, aut-
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tele-, tel-, telo-, -telic, -telical
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