(n.) That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
(a.) In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
Example Sentences:
(1) He was also convicted of groping a girl aged about eight who had sought his autograph at a public event in Portsmouth, and touching a teenage waitress during the filming of a TV show in Cambridge.
(2) Unlike many music hack days, this is a commercial contest: the winning hack – as judged by Slash, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen and investor Ben Parr – will earn its creator an autographed guitar, $1,000 and “the chance to have Slash use the winning hack with the release of his new album”.
(3) The analysis of the autographs demonstrated that during wound healing the cell-precursors of macrophages and fibroblasts migrate from beyond the limits of the connective tissue.
(4) Until recently Frazier had been making regular appearances to sign autographs, including a trip to Las Vegas in September.
(5) In his ultra-modern office, seated behind an array of photographs autographed by the likes of Ted Kennedy and George Bush Snr, Antonis Samaras does not come across as a particularly anti-establishment figure.
(6) When he arrived at the venue and was confronted by a motley horde of fans, tipped off by a tweet, instead of sidling in the back to pace about alone in a corridor, like a normal human would, Fry blithely faced the crowd, chatting and signing autographs.
(7) The league said on Friday that donations would total no less than $100,000, and it will also auction off Collins’s autographed, game-worn jerseys to benefit the same organisations.
(8) It's not hard to picture her, dodging the autograph-hunters, wisecracking at the tombstones, seizing life while she can.
(9) These examples of images on the websites of Autographer and Narrative Clip , two leading wearable cameras, reveal the kind of things their makers imagine we might do with their devices.
(10) Vascular perfusion of all products required for primary fixation, postfixation, dehydration and embedding of nervous tissue in Epon permits radio-autographic detection of radioactivity accumulated in the central nervous system after intravenous injection of [3H]deoxyglucose.
(11) Costa, who had made way for the youngster, was busy signing autographs and taking selfies with the supporters behind the dugout by that stage.
(12) Thereafter, the distribution of autographically labelled astrocytes expressing glial fibrillary protein (GFAP) and astrocyte-like cells expressing vimentin were recorded within the region of injury.
(13) On display will be 250 items, including an autographed manuscript of De Profundis, Wilde's long confessional letter from prison to Lord Alfred Douglas, his lover, whose father brought about Wilde's fall from grace.
(14) "You get the good bits, where people knock on your door and just want an autograph.
(15) The film shows Corbyn signing photographs, tiles and books for supporters, and promising to autograph apples from his allotment in the autumn.
(16) In my little autograph book are Gary Rhodes , Antony Worrall Thompson and Angela Hartnett .
(17) It was the autographs.” Muhammad Ali never felt sorry for himself, even as his physical condition worsened.
(18) I came outside to see her surrounded by people, asking for her autograph.
(19) It's made me return to my meagre merchandise collection – a prop newspaper from III, a replica hoverboarding helmet from II (which came pre-autographed by the actor Thomas F Wilson , with the inscription "Biff to the Future!
(20) One from 2013 read: “I will be very happy if you can send me your autograph!
Signature
Definition:
(v. t.) A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.
(v. t.) Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.
(v. t.) An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated.
(v. t.) A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.
(v. t.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major.
(v. t.) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets.
(v. t.) The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures.
(v. t.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).
(v. t.) To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures.
Example Sentences:
(1) Voters would have to collect the signatures of 10% of constituents to force a byelection.
(2) The end result of the post is a digital signature, signed by Nakamoto’s private key.
(3) Based on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the New York Times and ProPublica reported on Thursday that the Justice Department in 2012 permitted the NSA to use widespread surveillance authorities passed by Congress to stop terrorism and foreign espionage in order to find digital signatures associated with high-level cyber intrusions.
(4) A heavy smoker – “I once quit for four months … but why should I torture myself at my age?” – and outspoken supporter of gay marriage, the divorced and recently remarried father of two collected more than 4,000 signatures from Austrian public figures and celebrities during his presidential campaign.
(5) The applicant I had countersigned for had visited a GP surgery where she began talking to another patient who was there for a GP's signature on an application, for a fee of £20.
(6) Signing up Round-robin emails encouraging web users to sign e-petitions have attracted hundreds of thousands of signatures.
(7) This contract signature is not only great news for our armed forces, but demonstrates how the strong relationship between UK defence and our allies helps to ensure best value for the taxpayer.
(8) "It is rare to have such a prominent signature in a work of this date and it is one of only two of his series of paintings depicting windmills of Montmartre still in private hands."
(9) With 66,000 signatures on a petition after four days, immigration minister Peter Dutton cancelled Allen’s visa.
(10) But two key Liberal positions, on the Keystone XL and on emissions reductions targets, put Trudeau out of step with Obama, who has made climate change the signature issue of his second term in the White House.
(11) Le champ solaire d’une valeur de 23,7 millions de dollars était opérationnel à peine un an après la signature du contrat, n’en déplaise aux sceptiques qui remettaient en cause la capacité des Africains à mener à bien un projet rapidement.
(12) By the time she did so, it had attracted 213,000 signatures.
(13) The tech behemoth reported strong sales of its signature phone in its third-quarter financial report – fully 47.5m iPhones, up more than a third year-over-year, for a net revenue of $31.4bn.
(14) It was brought before parliament by a citizens’ initiative – a petition that has received at least 100,000 signatures – submitted by the hardline conservative advocacy group Ordo Iuris and the Stop Abortion coalition.
(15) The researchers identified three signatures of brain activity that corresponded to the different children's responses to the point-light displays.
(16) With a letter of no confidence already in circulation but only a small number of signatures so far, several MPs said on Monday that May was safe until summer – with colleagues desperate to get to the parliamentary recess and have a break.
(17) • The guitar, along with flamenco's signature cry of olé, are believed to be derived from early versions of the instruments brought by the Muslims to Spain.
(18) He was stunned and told me they were his signature.
(19) A government-ordered inquiry has questioned the benefits of Tony Abbott’s signature paid parental leave scheme and called for some of the funding to be diverted to early childhood education and care, saying it would have a greater impact on workforce participation.
(20) At such a juncture a writer can inject their own imagination to isolate them from the real world or maybe they can exaggerate the situation – making sure it is bold, vivid and has the signature of our real world.