Part 790

<hw>Aus"tral*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Austral</er>.]</ety> <def>To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They [magnets] do septentrionate at one extreme, and <b>australize</b> at another. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Austrian</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus"tri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A native or an inhabitant of Austria.</def></def2>

<h1>Austrine</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus"trine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>austrinus</ets>, from <ets>auster</ets> south.]</ety> <def>Southern; southerly; austral.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Austro-Hungarian</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus"tro-Hun*ga"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary.</def>

<h1>Austromancy</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus"tro*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>auster</ets> south wind + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.</def>

<h1>Autarchy</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au"tar*chy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ independence; <?/ self + <?/ to be sufficient.]</ety> <def>Self-sufficiency.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Authentic</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au*then"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>autentik</ets>, OF. <ets>autentique</ets>, F. <ets>authentique</ets>, L. <ets>authenticus</ets> coming from the real author, of original or firsthand authority, from Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ suicide, a perpetrator or real author of any act, an absolute master; <?/ self + a form <?/ (not found), akin to L. <ets>sons</ets> and perh. orig. from the p. pr. of <ets><?/</ets> to be, root <ets>as</ets>, and meaning <ets>the one it really is</ets>. See <er>Am</er>, <er>Sin</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Effendi</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; <as>as, an <ex>authentic</ex> paper or register</as>.</def>

<blockquote>To be avenged On him who had stole Jove's <b>authentic</b> fire. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Authoritative.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; <as>as, an <ex>authentic</ex> writer; an <ex>authentic</ex> portrait; <ex>authentic</ex> information.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from <i>plagal</i>, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Authentic</er>, <er>Genuine</er>.</syn> <usage> These words, as here compared, have reference to historical documents. We call a document <i>genuine</i> when it can be traced back ultimately to the author or authors from whom it professes to emanate. Hence, the word has the meaning, "not changed from the original, uncorrupted, unadulterated:" as, a <i>genuine</i> text. We call a document <i>authentic</i> when, on the ground of its being thus traced back, it may be relied on as true and authoritative (from the primary sense of "having an author, vouched for"); hence its extended signification, in general literature, of trustworthy, as resting on unquestionable authority or evidence; <as>as, an <ex>authentic</ex> history; an <ex>authentic</ex> report of facts.</as></usage>

<blockquote>A <b>genuine</b> book is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An <b>authentic</b> book is that which relates matters of fact as they really happened. A book may be <b>genuine</b> without being, <b>authentic</b>, and a book may be <b>authentic</b> without being <b>genuine</b>. <i>Bp. Watson.</i></blockquote>

<note>It may be said, however, that some writers use <i>authentic</i> (as, an <i>authentic</i> document) in the sense of "produced by its professed author, not counterfeit."</note>

<h1>Authentic</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Au*then"tic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An original (book or document).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Authentics</i> and transcripts."

<i>Fuller.</i>