anstromancy 
austromancy (as'tro-man-si), n. [< L. mister, 
the south wind, + Gr. itavrda, divination, < imv- 
Tevt-aOa', divine, < ftdvT.f, a diviner: see Mantis.'] 
Divination from observation of the winds. 
aut-. See auto-. 
autacanthid (a-ta-kan'thid), a. [< Gr. ofcrff, 
self, + axavBa, spine, + -ill.'] In zool., having 
the greater number of the intermediate spines 
on special plates or local modifications of the 
integument: applied to a starfish: opposed to 
typacanthid. 
autaesthesy, autesthesy (a-tes'the-si), n. [< 
Gr. aunif, self, + aloOqot) perception: see tes- 
thesia, esthetic.'] Self-consciousness. N. E. D. 
autamoeba (a-ta-me'ba), . [NL., < Gr. av- 
T O! , self, + NL" amciba.] A term applied by 
Haeckel, without exact zoological significa- 
tion, to any simple amoeba form regarded as 
the nearest living representative of a hypo- 
thetical primitive amoeba or archamoeba. 
autantitypy (a-tan-tit'i-pi), . [< 8r. oMr, 
self, + dvnTvrrla, resistance: see antitypy.] Ab- 
solute incompressibility: attributed by many 
metaphysicians to matter. 
Autarachnae (a-ta-rak'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
aiiTof, self, + apdxvy, spider.] In Gegenbaur's 
system of classification, a division of Arachnida, 
the arachnids themselves, or Arachnida prop- 
er, consisting of spiders, scorpions, mites, 
etc., as distinguished from the Pseudarachnce 
(Tardigrada, Pycnogonida). Oegenbaur divides the 
Autarachnae into four groups : Arthrogastres, Aranea, 
Acnrina, and Lingatulina. See these words. 
autarchy 1 (a'tar-M), n. ; pi. autarchies (-kiz). 
[< Gr. amapxia, absolute power, < avrapx^, ab- 
solute, < nimJf, self, + apxuv, rule.] Absolute 
power; autocracy; self-government. 
A certain government called an autarchy, of which he 
the only judge. 
J. Washington, tr. of Milton s Dei. Pop. 
makes God the only judg 
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As there is but one God, but one hope, but one anchor- 
age for man so also there can be but one authentic 
faith, but one derivation of truth, but one perfect revela- 
tion. De Quincey, Essenes, iii. 
3. In law, executed with all due formalities ; 
executed by the proper person and legally 
attested before the proper authorities : as, an 
authentic deed. 4. Entitled to acceptance or 
belief ; reliable ; trustworthy ; of established 
credit, credibility, or authority: as, an authentic 
tale, book, writer. 
Origen, a most authentic author in this point. 
Brevint, Saul and Samuel, p. 77. 
Of the manner in which the ruin of Nineveh was 
brought about we have nowhere any authentic record. 
Von Ranke, Univ. Hist, (trans.), p. 82. 
That this mere dream is grown a stable truth 
To-night's feast makes authentic. 
Browning, In a Balcony. 
5f. Original; first-hand, as opposed to copied 
or transcribed. 6. Own; proper; properly be- 
longing to one's self. [Archaic.] 
It were extreme partiality and injustice, the flat denial 
and overthrow of herself [Justice], to put her own authen- 
tic sword into the hand of an unjust and wicked man. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxviii. 
Men are ephemeral or evanescent, but whatever page 
the authentic soul of man has touched with her immortal- 
izing finger, no matter how long ago, is still young and 
fair as it was to the world's gray fathers. 
Lowell, Oration, Harvard, Nov. 8, 1886. 
7. In music, having an immediate relation to the 
key-note or tonic : in distinction from plagal, 
which has a corresponding relation to the fifth 
or dominant in the octave below the key-note. 
Authentic act, in civil law, an act or deed performed 
before and attested by a notary or other proper magis- 
trate. Authentic cadence, same as perfect cadence 
(which see, under cadence). Authentic melodies. See 
melody. Authentic modes or tones. See mode. = Syn. 
2 and 4. Authentic, Genuine, correct, trustworthy, relia- 
ble, credible. When applied to a written document or a 
book, authentic indicates that it is reliable as narrating 
alfa< 
autarchy 2 ! (a'tar-ki), n. [Prop. *autarcy, < Gr. 
avrapKeia, self-sufficiency, < avrdpia/f, self-suffi- 
cient, < airof, self, + apiceiv, suffice.] Self-suf- 
ficiency; independence. 
[Conscience is] in man the principal part of God's image, 
and that by which man resembleth most the autarchy 
and self-sufficiency of God. 5. Ward, Sermons, p. 98. 
autemt, n. [Obsolete slang.] A church. 
autert, . Middle English form of altar. Chau- 
cer. 
auter droit (6'ter drwo or droi). [OF. (mod. 
F. autre droit): auter, autre, altre, etc., < L. 
alter, other; droit, < ML. drictum, directum, 
right, neut. of L. directus, straight, direct: see 
alter and direct.'] In law, another (another's) 
right : thus, one who acts not on his own behalf, 
but as trustee or representative of another, is 
said to act in auter droit. 
auterfoits (6-ter-fwo' or -foi'), adv. [OF. (mod. 
F. autre/ois), at another time, < auter, autre, 
altre (see auter droit), + foits, fois = Pi.fes 
= It. vece, time, turn, < L. vice, in place of, in 
turn : see Dice 2 , vicar.] In law, formerly : a term 
introduced into the plea of former trial as a bar 
to a second prosecution for the same offense. 
Auterfoits acquit (formerly acquitted), the plea of for- 
mer acquittal. Auterfoits attaint (formerly attainted), 
the plea of former attaint. Auterfoits convict (former- 
ly convicted), the plea of former conviction. 
auter Vie (6'ter ve). [OF.: auter (see auter 
droit) ; vie, < L. irate, life : see vital.] In law, 
another (another's) life. Tenant pour auter vie, 
one who holds an estate by the life of another. 
authentic (a-then'tik), a. and n. [Early mod. 
E. also authentick, autentic, etc., < ME. auten- 
tike, auctentylce, < OF. autentique (mod. F. au- 
thentiqtie, being changed, like the E. word, to 
suit the L. spelling) = Pg. authfntico = Sp. 
autentico = It. autentico, < LL. authenticus, < 
Gr. avflevTxoc, warranted, authentic, original, 
< avdevria, original authority, < aiiBevrric, contr. 
< avTosvrrif (rare), one who does anything with 
his own hand, the real author of any act, < airof, 
self, + *ew^f (found also in awtvrtif, equiv. 
to cwepy6c_, a fellow-workman), of uncertain 
origin, perhaps < *aevr-, < *aaavr-, orig. form of 
Ionic iuv, Attic uv (= L. ens, "sens), ppr. of 
elvai, be : see ens, lie 1 . Cf . effendi, also ult. < Gr. 
c&SevTiK.'] I. a. If. Having authority; pos- 
sessing inherent authority; duly authorized; 
authoritative. 
Men ought to fly all pedantisms, and not rashly to use 
all words that are met with in every English writer, 
whether authentic or not. E. Phillips. 
2. Heal; of genuine origin ; being what it pur- 
ports to be: opposed to pretended or imaginary, 
fictitious, counterfeit, apocryphal, or unauthor- 
ized : as, authentic documents. 
uine, to unadulterated. The "Memoirs of a Cavalier" 
is a genuine work of Defoe's, for it was written by him, 
but it is not an authentic work, although so plausibly as- 
suming the tone of real biography that it " deceived even 
the great Chatham into citing the volume as an authentic 
narrative" (Backus, Revision of Shaw's Eng. Lit., p. 250). 
A genuine book is that which was written by the person 
whose name it bears ; ... an authentic book is that 
which relates matters of fact as they really happened. 
A book may be authentic without being genuine, and 
genuine without being authentic. Bp. Watson. 
Il.t n. [< LL. authenticum, ML. also authen- 
tica, the original (of a document), neut. or fern, 
of authenticus : seel.] 1. An authoritative or 
genuine document or book. 2. An original, 
as opposed to a copy or transcript. 
Authentics and transcripts. Fuller, Church Hist., 1. 42. 
The Authentics, in civil law, a Latin translation from 
the Greek of the novels or new constitutions of Justinian, 
made by an anonymous author. So called as an un- 
abridged translation of the novels, to distinguish it from 
, the epitome made by Julian. 
authentical (a-then'ti-kal), a. Same as authen- 
tic. 
The hopes thou dost conceive 
Of thy quick death, and of thy future life, 
Are not authentical. B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 6. 
His testimony will be authentical. Beau, and Fl. 
This, the squire confessed, with some little hesitation, 
was a pheasant pie, though a peacock pie was certainly the 
most authentical. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 277. 
authentically (a-then'ti-kal-i), adv. In an au- 
thentic manner, (a) With the requisite or gen- 
uine authority, (b) With certainty. 
He [Coleridge] was the man of all his generation to 
whom we should most unhesitatingly allow the distinc- 
tion of genius, that is, of one authentically possessed from 
time to time by some influence that made him better and 
greater than himself. Lowell, Coleridge. 
(c) Actually; really. 
Not yet authentically decided. Sir T. Broume, Vulg. Err. 
authenticalness (a-then'ti-kal-nes), . 1. The 
quality of being authentic or trustworthy; the 
quality of being of good authority ; authenticity. 
They did not at all rely on the authenticalness thereof. 
Barrow, Works, I. 357. 
2. The quality of being genuine or what it pur- 
ports to be ; genuineness ; authenticity. 
Nothing can be more pleasant than to see virtuosos 
about a cabinet of medals, descanting upon the value, 
rarity, and authenticalness of the several pieces. 
Addison, Ancient Medals. 
[In both uses obsolete or obsolescent.] 
authenticate (a-then'ti-kat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
authenticated, ppr. authenticating. [< ML. au- 
thenticatus, pp. of authenticare, confirm, < LL. 
authenticus, authentic: see authentic.] 1. To 
render authentic; give authority to by the 
proof, attestation, or formalities required by 
law or sufficient to entitle to credit. 
author 
The kingserves only as a notary to authenticate the choice 
of judges. Burke. 
Precisely as our researches are fortunate, they authen- 
ticate themselves as privileged ; and in such a chase all 
success justifies itself. De Quincey, Essenes, i. 
He [God] authenticates this instinctive yearning in the 
creature after selfhood, in order that the latter . . . may 
effectually aspire to the knowledge and obedience of those 
laws of Divine order which alone give him rest. 
//. James, Subs, and Shad., p. 61. 
2. To prove authentic ; establish as correct or 
genuine. 
I have authenticated two portraits of that prince. 
Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting, I. ii. 
There is little more left for Biblical research. The few 
places which can be authenticated are now generally ac- 
cepted. B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 72. 
On June 18, 1838, about 3,000 volumes, and in 1858, 265 
other volumes of non-parochial registers, were authenti- 
cated. If. and Q., 7th ser., III. 305. 
3. To establish as true or worthy of belief: as, 
to authenticate a statement. 
One of the best authenticated ghost stories in existence. 
Mem. of It. II. ftarham, in Ingoldsby Legends. 
authenticate! (a-then'ti-kat), a. [< ML. au- 
tlienticittus, pp. : see the verb.] Authenticated. 
authentication (a-then-ti-ka'shon), n. [< au- 
thenticate + -ion.'] The act of authenticating, 
verifying, or establishing the authoritative- 
ness, genuineness, validity, credibility, or truth 
of anything ; specifically, in law, the official 
attestation of a written instrument. 
The authentication of every little detail in the text. 
The American, VIII. 315. 
authenticity (a-then-tis'i-ti), n. [< authentic 
+ -ity; = F. authenticite.] The quality of be- 
ing authentic, or entitled to acceptance as au- 
thoritative, genuine, true, or correct: as, the 
authenticity of the Scriptures or of a document ; 
the authenticity of a portrait; the authenticity 
of a statement. 
We compare the narrative with the account of the times 
when it was composed, and are left satisfied with the au- 
thenticity of its leading anecdotes. 
Milman, Latin Christianity, i. 3. 
authenticlyt (a-then'tik-li), adv. Authenti- 
cally. 
He could learn no way so authenticly as from this testi- 
mony. Whiston, tr. of Josephus, Antiq., i. 
authenticness (a-then'tik-nes), n. Authen- 
ticity. [Rare.] 
The authenticnesi of that decree. 
Hammond, Works, II. 106. 
author (a'thpr), n. [Early mod. E. also authour, 
auctour, auctor, and prop, autor, < ME. autour, 
autor (later auctour or auctor, after the L.), 
< AF. autour, OF. autor, later and mod. F. 
auteur = Pr. auctor, actor = Sp. Pg. autor = It. 
autore, < L. auctor (in ML., and hence in E., 
corruptly author, prob. through the influence 
of LL. authenticus and its derivatives ; cf . ML. 
authorisare, authorize, confirm, var. authori- 
carc, synonymous with authenticare, confirm; 
authorabilis, synonymous with authenticus, 
etc.), an originator, < augere, cause to grow, 
increase: see auction,] 1. The beginner, 
former, or first mover of anything; he to 
whom something owes its origin; originator; 
creator; efficient cause: as, God is the author 
of the universe. 
The law, the author . . . whereof is ... God. 
Hooker. 
The serpent autor was, Eve did proceed ; 
Adam not autor, auctor was indeed. Vicars. 
He was become the Authour of a Sect ever after to be 
called Lutherans. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 33. 
Thus King Latinus in the third degree 
Had Saturn author of his family. Dryden. 
2. Cause: applied to things. [Rare.] 
That which is the strength of their amity shall prove 
the immediate author of their variance. 
Shah., A. andC., ii. 6. 
3. The original composer of a book or writing 
of any kind, as distinguished from a compiler, 
translator, editor, or copyist. 
An author has the choice of his own thoughts, which a 
translator has not. Dryden. 
[Often used elliptically for the literary produc- 
tion itself: as, the statement occurs in Pliny 
and other ancient authors.'] 4f. An editor: 
as, the author of the Gentleman's Magazine. 
[Rare.] 5f. A person who authorizes a state- 
ment; an authority; an informant. 
Look upon him ; 
Such holy men are authors of no fables. 
Fletcher (and Massinyerf), Lovers' Progress, v. 2. 
6. In Scots law, one from whom a title to prop- 
erty is derived either by inheritance or other- 
wise; especially, one from whom title is de- 
