Part 795

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Autochthon</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*toch"thon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Authochthons</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, L. <plw>Autochthones</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, pl. <?/, from the land itself; <?/ self + <?/ earth, land.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.</def>

<h1>Autochthonal, Authochthonic, Autochthonous</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw><hw>Au*toch"tho*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Au`thoch*thon"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Au*toch"tho*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Aboriginal; indigenous; native.</def>

<h1>Autochthonism</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*toch"tho*nism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being autochthonal.</def>

<h1>Autochthony</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*toch"tho*ny</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.</def>

<h1>Autoclave</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"to*clave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. Gr. <?/ self + L. <ets>clavis</ets> key.]</ety> <def>A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Autocracy</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*toc"ra*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Autocracies</plw></plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>autocratie</ets>. See <er>Autocrat</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.</def>

<blockquote>The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute <b>autocracy</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.</def>

<i>Barlow.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.</def> <altsp>[In this sense, written also <asp>autocrasy</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Autocrat</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"to*crat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ self + <?/ strength, <?/ strong: cf. F. <ets>autocrate</ets>. See Hard, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; <as>as, <ex>Autocrat</ex> of all the Russias (a title of the Czar)</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>autocrat</b> of the breakfast table. <i>Holmes.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Autocratic, Autocratical</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw><hw>Au`to*crat"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Au`to*crat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Au`to*crat"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Autocrator</h1> <Xpage=103>