Autograph: alternatives and connections

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Autograph

That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

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Holograph 76% connected

A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manuscript 76% connected

Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Signature 76% connected

A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Inscribe 92% connected

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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