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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Author \Au"thor\ ([add]"th[~e]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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Author \Au"thor\ ([add]"th[~e]r), v. t. 1. To occasion; to originate. [Obs.] Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. --Chapman. 2. To tell to say to declare. [Obs.] More of him I dare not author. --Massinger. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: author n 1: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) [syn: {writer}] 2: someone who originates or causes or initiates something "he was the generator of several complaints" [syn: {generator}, {source}] v : be the author of "She authored this play"
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