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Authorship

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

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Creation 76% connected

The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

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Foundation 76% connected

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

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Founding 76% connected

of Found

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Initiation 76% connected

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.

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Innovation 76% connected

The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.

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Instauration 76% connected

Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.

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Institution 76% connected

The act or process of instituting; as: (a) Establishment; foundation; enactment; as, the institution of a school.

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Introduction 76% connected

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

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Origination 76% connected

The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

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Drafting 76% connected

of Draft

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Dramatization 76% connected

Act of dramatizing.

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Fabrication 76% connected

The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

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Historiography 76% connected

The art of employment of an historiographer.

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Lexicography 76% connected

The art, process, or occupation of making a lexicon or dictionary; the principles which are applied in making dictionaries.

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Metrification 76% connected

Composition in metrical form; versification.

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Redaction 76% connected

The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.

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Versification 76% connected

The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.

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Derivationally related 4

Generator 74% connected

One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

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Generator 74% connected

One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.

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Write 74% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Write 74% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Synonym 4

Composition 92% connected

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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Paternity 92% connected

The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

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Penning 92% connected

of Pen

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Writing 92% connected

of Write

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