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    [Noun]  | "au*thor" | \ ˈȯ-thər \


    1: the writer of a literary work (such as a book)

    2: one that originates or creates something : source

    3: god

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English autour, auctour, actour "originator, creator, authoritative source, writer," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French auctur, auttour, actour "originator, creator, instigator, party, authority, writer," borrowed from Latin auctōr-, auctor "principal in a sale, person entitled to take action or authorize, authoritative writer, originator, creator, agent, founder," from augēre "to increase" + -tor, agent suffix {mat|eke:2|};

      * Note : Variants with medial -th-, as aucthour, authour, etc., become current in the sixteenth century and lead to spelling pronunciations with [θ] in the seventeenth century. The spellings are presumed to reflect association with {authentic|authentic} and its Latin and Greek sources, as author in the sense "the first beginner and mover of anything," as Samuel Johnson put it, is the ultimate guarantor of authenticity.;

    [Noun]  | "co*au*thor" | \ (ˌ)kō-ˈȯ-thər \


    1: one who collaborates with another person in authoring a literary or dramatic work, a document, a legislative bill, etc.

    Origin: 1827 ;

    [Verb]  | "author" 


    1: to be the author of : write

    Origin: 1597 ;

     Derivative of {see: |author:1|author:1};

    [Noun]  | "author" 


    1: a person who creates a written work;


      * e.g., " ... a brilliant novel by a first-time author "




    2: a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor;


      * e.g., " ... the author of modern genetics "



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    3: the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe;


      * e.g., " ... let us thank the Author of our being for all the blessings He has bestowed "



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    [Verb]  | "author" 


    1: to compose and set down on paper the words of;


      * e.g., " ... authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson "



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     [ "author" ]

    1: (n.) The writer, one who writes. The source.

      * e.g.,  ... I am the author of this definition 

     [ "author" ]

    1: we're not crazy. we're whimsical.

      * e.g.,  ... authors can go on amazing adventures using only a keyboard, a pencil and paper, and their imagination ;) 

     [ "author" ]

    1: An author can be a writer or creator of anything in which "author" is followed by. It can be used as a dis or a positive comment.

      * e.g.,  ... That guy over there, hes the author of douche. DAMN you see that chick, shes the author of huge tits. Yo G, I'm the author of crack slang'n. 

     [ "author" ]

    1: someone who writes fucked up and stupid books for stupid people to read. Other times you can be cool if you write books with loads of cuss words in them, or write stuff that is actually interesting and not completely stupid, and full of characters we actually care about

      * e.g.,  ... Most authors are horrible at writing. 

     [ "author" ]

    1: Me. And any other person who wrote a definition on this site

      * e.g.,  ... I'm an author 

     [ "Author" ]

    1: A person who writes books, articles, documents etc.

      * e.g.,  ... Bedanta Chakrabarty is my favorite YA author. 

     [ "authority" ]

    1: A position of power over people. Most people critize authority until they eventially come into power. Then they complain when they are critized. Hypocrites.

      * e.g.,  ... "It's okay to fight everyone else's authority...except mine!" 

     [ "authority" ]

    1: the man who wants to keep you down

      * e.g.,  ... Damn the man! Save the empire! 

     [ "authority" ]

    1: what you must respect

      * e.g.,  ... "Respect My Authority!!" 

     [ "with authority" ]

    1: An exclamation used in basketball to describe a particularly forceful or thunderous slam dunk.

      * e.g.,  ... Blake Griffin throws it down with authority, sending the crowd into a frenzy. 

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