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<hw>Au`to*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Auto-</ets> + <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Spontaneous generation.</def>

<h1>Autogenetic</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au`to*ge*net"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Relating to autogenesis; self-generated.</def>

<h1>Autogenous</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*tog"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ self + root of <?/ to be born.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Self-generated; produced independently.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Developed from an independent center of ossification.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<cs><col>Autogenous soldering</col>, <cd>the junction by fusion of the joining edges of metals without the intervention of solder.</cd></cs>

<h1>Autogenously</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*tog"e*nous*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.</def>

<h1>Autograph</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"to*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>autographe</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ autographic; <?/ self + <?/ to write.]</ety> <def>That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.</def>

<h1>Autograph</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"to*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>In one's own handwriting; <as>as, an <ex>autograph</ex> letter; an <ex>autograph</ex> will.</as></def>

<h1>Autographal</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*tog"ra*phal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Autographic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Autographic, Autographical</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw><hw>Au`to*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Au`to*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an autograph.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; <as>as, <ex>autographic</ex> ink, paper, or press</as>.</def>

<h1>Autography</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*tog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>autographie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Autolatry</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au*tol"a*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Auto-</ets> + Gr. <?/ worship.]</ety> <def>Self-worship.</def>

<i>Farrar.</i>

<h1>Automath</h1> <Xpage=103>

<hw>Au"to*math</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ self + <?/, <?/, to learn.]</ety> <def>One who is self-taught.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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