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Au"thor (&asuml_;"th&etilde_;r), n. [OE. authour, autour, OF. autor, F. auteur, fr. L. auctor, sometimes, but erroneously, written autor or author, fr. augere to increase, to produce. See Auction, n.] 1. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.
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Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton.
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2. One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. Johnson.
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3. The editor of a periodical. [Obs.]
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4. An informant. [Archaic] Chaucer.
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Au"thor (&asuml_;"th&etilde_;r), v. t. 1. To occasion; to originate. [Obs.]
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Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman.
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2. To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.]
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More of him I dare not author. Massinger.
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