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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Aus'trīne, a. p. 94Southern; southerly; austral. [Obs.] Bailey.Aus'tro-mān'cy, n. p. 94Soothsaying, or prediction of future events, from observations of the winds.Au'tär-chy, n. p. 94Government by a single person; autocracy. [Obs.] “A certain government, called an autarchy, of which he makes God the only judge.” Milton.Au-thĕn’tic or Au-thĕn’tic-al, a. p. 94Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, or counterfeit; being what it purports to be; genuine; true;—applied to things; as, an authentic paper or…Au-thĕn′tic, n. p. 94A genuine document. [Obs.] “Authentics and transcripts.” Fuller.Au-thĕnʹtic-al-ly, adv. p. 94In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.Au-thĕn'/ti-cal-ness, n. p. 94The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [Rare.] Barron.Au-thēn′ti-cāte, v. t. p. 94To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice…Au-thĕn′ti-cā′tion, n. p. 94The act of authenticating; the giving of authority by the necessary formalities; confirmation. Those accounts either have, or will have, received a much stronger authentication than any that I could…Au'then-tĭç'i-ty, n. p. 94The quality of being authentic; of established authority for truth and correctness. 2. Genuineness; the quality of being of genuine original. ☞ In later writers, especially those on the evidences of…Au-thĕn'/tie-ly, adv. p. 94Authentically. [Obs.]Au-thĕn'/tic-ness, n. p. 94Quality of being authentic; authenticity. [Obs.] Hammond.Au-thĕn’tics, n. sing. p. 94(Civ. Law.) A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author;— so called on account of its authority. Bouvier.Au'thor, n. p. 94The beginner, former, or first mover of any thing; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; creator; originator. Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton. 2. Specifically, one who composes or…Au'thor, v. t. p. 94To occasion; to effect. [Obs.] “Such an overthrow . . . I have authored.” Chapman. 2. To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] More of him I dare not author. Massinger.Au'thor-ess, n. p. 94A female author. Glover. ☞ The word is not very much used, author being commonly applied to a female writer as well as to a male.Au-thōʹri-al, a. p. 94Pertaining to an author. In a certain sense, the authorial “we” will admit of a justification. Hare.Au'thor-ism, n. p. 94Authorship. [Rare.]Ău-thŏr'i-ta-tĭve, a. p. 94Having due authority; so established or expressed as to demand credit or acceptance; determinative; commanding. “The sacred functions of authoritative teaching.” Barrow. 2. Having an air of…Au-thŏr'i-ta-tĭve-ly, adv. p. 94In an authoritative manner; with a show of authority; with due authority.Au-thór'i-ta-tive-ness, n. p. 94The quality of being authoritative.Au-thōr'i-ty, n. p. 94Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; dominion; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children. Thus can the demigod, authority, Make us pay down for our…Au'thor-iz-a-ble, a. p. 94Having warrant or authority. Hammond.Au’thor-i-zā′tion, n. p. 94The act of giving authority, or legal power; establishment by authority. “The authorization of laws.” Motley.Au'thor-ize, v. t. p. 94To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle the boundary of the state. 2. To make legal; to legalize; as, to…Au'thor-less, a. p. 94Without an author or authority. “Authorless tongues.” Guardian.Au'thor-ly, a. p. 94Pertaining to an author. [Rare.] “Authorly secrets.” Cooper.Au'thor-ship, n. p. 94The quality or state of being an author.Au'to-bi-ŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 94One who writes his own life or biography.Au'to-bī'o-grāph'ie or Au'to-bī'o-grāph'ie-al, a. p. 94Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch. “Such traits of the autobiographic sort.” Carlyle.Au'to-bī'o-grāph'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 94In the way or manner of autobiography.Au'to-bī-ŏg'ra-phist, n. p. 94One who writes his own life; an autobiographer. [Rare.]Au'to-bi-ōg'ra-phy, n. p. 94The biography or memoirs of one's life written by one's self. Walsh.Au-to-cär'pōŭs or Au-to-cär'pi-an, a. p. 94(Bot.) Having the fruit superior, or without any adhesion, to the perianth.Au-töch'thon, n. p. 94One who is supposed to rise or spring from the same ground or the soil he inhabits; hence, an aboriginal or native. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. 2. That…Au'toch-thōn'ic or Au-tōch'tho-noŭs, a. p. 94Indigenous; aboriginal; native.Au-tŏc'ra-cy, n. p. 94Independent or self-derived power; self-created supremacy; autonomy. The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy.…Au'to-crat, n. p. 95An absolute prince or sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by absolute right, not subject to restriction; — a title assumed by the emperors of Russia. 2. A person…Au'to-crăt'ic or Au'to-crăt'ic-al, a. p. 95Pertaining to autocracy; absolute; holding independent and unlimited powers of government. Eton.Au'to-crät'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 95In an autocratical manner.Au-tōc'ra-tor, n. p. 95An autocrat. [Rare.] Jeffrey.Au'to·cra-tōr'ic·al, a. p. 95Pertaining to an autocrat-or; absolute. [Obs.] Pearson.Au-tōe'ra-trice or Au-tōe'ra-trix, n. p. 95A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; — a title given to the empresses of Russia. Tooke.Au’to-crät-ship, n. p. 95The office of an autocrat; autocracy. Ogilvie.Au'to-dä-fé', n. p. 95(Eccl.) A judgment of the Inquisition condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses. 2. An execution of such judgments, especially of those which condemned persons to the flames. It…Au-to-gē'ne-al or Au-tōg'e-noüs, a. p. 95Generating itself. 2. (Anal.) Developed from an independent center of ossification. The centrum and several of the apophyses of a vertebra are autogenous, while other apophyses are exogenous. Owen. ☞…Au'to-grāph, n. p. 95A person's own handwriting; an original manuscript or signature.Au’to-grāph, a. p. 95In one’s own handwriting; as, an autograph letter.Au-tŏg'ra-phal, a. p. 95Of the particular handwriting of an individual. [Obs.] Bennet.Au’to-grāph’ic or Au’to-grāph’ic-al, a. p. 95Pertaining to an autograph, or one’s own hand-writing. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography.Au-tŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 95The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph. 2. A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone. Ure.Au-tōm'a-tal, a. p. 95Automatic. [Rare.]Au'to-math, n. p. 95One who is self-taught. [Rare.] Young.Au'to-māt'ic or Au'to-māt'ic-al, a. p. 95Pertaining to, or performed by, an automaton; self-acting;—especially applied to machinery, in which certain movements commonly made by hand are made by the machine itself; as, automatic operations…Au-tòm′a-tĭṣm, n. p. 95The power of self-moving; automatic action; — a theory as to the activity of matter. Fleming.Au-tŏm'a-ton, n. p. 95A self moving machine, or one which has its moving power within itself;—applied chiefly to machines which imitate the motions of men or animals. Paley. The term is sometimes applied to any thing…Au-tōm'a-toŭs, a. p. 95Having in itself the power of motion; automatical. [Obs.] “Automatous organs.” Browne.Au-tŏm'o-līte, n. p. 95(Min.) A kind of spinel. See SPINEL.Au/to-nō'mi-an, a. p. 95Pertaining to autonomy. [Obs.]Au'to-nöm'ic, a. p. 95Having, or pertaining to, autonomy, or the power of governing one's self.