au·to·graph (ô'tə-grăf')
n.

1. A person's own signature or handwriting.
2. A manuscript in the author's handwriting.

tr.v., -graphed, -graph·ing, -graphs.

1. To write one's name or signature on or in; sign.
2. To write in one's own handwriting.

adj.
Written in the writer's own handwriting: an autograph letter.

[Late Latin autographum, from neuter of Latin autographus, written with one's own hand, from Greek autographos : auto-, auto- + graphein, to write; see -graph.]

autographic au'to·graph'ic or au'to·graph'i·cal adj.
autographically au'to·graph'i·cal·ly adv.

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