Part 796

<hw>Au*toc"ra*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>An autocrat.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Autocratorical</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au`to*cra*tor"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Pearson.</i>

<h1>Autocratrix</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*toc"ra*trix</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.</def>

<h1>Autocratship</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"to*crat*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or dignity of an autocrat.</def>

<h1>Auto-da-f\'82</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"to-da-f\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Autos-da-f\'82</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[Pg., act of the faith; <ets>auto</ets> act, fr. L. <ets>actus</ets> + <ets>da</ets> of the + <ets>f\'82</ets> faith, fr. L. <ets>fides</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A session of the court of Inquisition.</def>

<h1>Auto-de-fe</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"to-de-fe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Autos-de-fe</plw></plu>. <ety>[Sp., act of faith.]</ety> Same as <er>Auto-da-f\'82</er>.</def>

<h1>Autodidact</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"to*di*dact`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ self-taught.]</ety> <def>One who is self-taught; an automath.</def>

<h1>Autodynamic</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au`to*dy*nam"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Auto-</ets> + <ets>dynamic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.</def>

<h1>Autofecundation</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au`to*fec`un*da"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Auto-</ets> + <ets>fecundation</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Self-impregnation.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Autogamous</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*tog"a*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.</def>

<h1>Autogamy</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*tog"a*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Auto-</ets> + Gr. <?/ marriage.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.</def>

<h1>Autogeneal</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au`to*ge"ne*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Self-produced; autogenous.</def>

<h1>Autogenesis</h1> <Xpage=103>