Australize
(Aus"tral*ize) v. i. [See Austral.] To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet. [Obs.]
They [magnets] do septentrionate at one extreme, and australize at another.
Sir T. Browne.
Austrian
(Aus"tri*an) a. Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants. — n. A native or an inhabitant
of Austria.
Austrine
(Aus"trine) n. [L. austrinus, from auster south.] Southern; southerly; austral. [Obs.] Bailey.
Austro-Hungarian
(Aus"tro-Hun*ga"ri*an) a. Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and
Hungary.
Austromancy
(Aus"tro*man`cy) n. [L. auster south wind + -mancy.] Soothsaying, or prediction of events,
from observation of the winds.
Autarchy
(Au"tar*chy) n. [Gr. independence; a'yto`s self + 'arkei^n to be sufficient.] Self- sufficiency.
[Obs.] Milton.
Authentic
(Au*then"tic) a. [OE. autentik, OF. autentique, F. authentique, L. authenticus coming from
the real author, of original or firsthand authority, from Gr. fr. suicide, a perpetrator or real author of any
act, an absolute master; a'yto`s self + a form "enths akin to L. sons and perh. orig. from the p. pr. of
e'i^nai to be, root as, and meaning the one it really is. See Am, Sin, n., and cf. Effendi.]
1. Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or
apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or
register.
To be avenged
On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire.
Milton.
2. Authoritative. [Obs.] Milton.
3. Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic
information.
4. (Law) Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.
5. (Mus.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent
relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.
Syn. — Authentic, Genuine. These words, as here compared, have reference to historical documents.
We call a document genuine when it can be traced back ultimately to the author or authors from whom
it professes to emanate. Hence, the word has the meaning, "not changed from the original, uncorrupted,
unadulterated:" as, a genuine text. We call a document authentic when, on the ground of its being thus
traced back, it may be relied on as true and authoritative (from the primary sense of "having an author,
vouched for"); hence its extended signification, in general literature, of trustworthy, as resting on unquestionable
authority or evidence; as, an authentic history; an authentic report of facts.
A genuine book is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An
authentic book is that which relates matters of fact as they really happened. A book may be genuine
without being, authentic, and a book may be authentic without being genuine.
Bp. Watson.
It may be said, however, that some writers use authentic (as, an authentic document) in the sense of
"produced by its professed author, not counterfeit."
Authentic
(Au*then"tic), n. An original (book or document). [Obs.] "Authentics and transcripts." Fuller.
