I. ˈȯd.əˌgraf, ˈȯtə-, -raa(ə)f, -raif, -rȧf noun
( -s )
Etymology: Late Latin autographum, from Latin, neuter of autographus written with one's own hand, from Greek autographos, from aut- + -graphos -graph
1. : something that is written with one's own hand:
a. : an original handwritten manuscript (as of an author's or composer's work)
valuable old autographs of Dickens
b. : a person's handwritten signature
a book with the author's autograph
teenagers clamoring for the autographs of their favorite stars
2. : an autographic recorder
3. : a print made by autography
4. photography : a representation or trace of an object produced with the object close to the emulsion or (as in the case of ions or elementary particles) with the object passing through the emulsion, the image being formed by mechanical, electrical, chemical, or radiation effects of the object itself and usually being made visible by development — compare autoradiograph
II. adjective
: in the writer's own handwriting : not copied nor duplicated : original
an autograph letter
an autograph will
III. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
1. : to write with one's own hand
2. : to write one's autograph or signature in or on