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Main Entry:: ¹au·thor
Pronunciation:: \ˈȯ-thər\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English auctour, from Anglo-French auctor, autor, from Latin auctor promoter, originator, author, from augēre to increase — more at eke
Date:: 14th century

1 a: one that originates or creates : source <software authors> <film authors> <the author of this crime> bcapitalized : god 12: the writer of a literary work (as a book)

— au·tho·ri·al

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\ȯ-ˈthȯr-ē-əl\ adjective

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