[au.thor] n [ME auctour, fr. ONF, fr. L auctor promoter, originator, author, fr. augere to increase--more at eke] (14c) 1 a: one that originates or creates: source "software ~s" "the ~ of this crime" b cap: god 1
2: the writer of a literary work (as a book) -- au.tho.ri.al adj
[2]author vt (1596): to be the author of