Auto-da-fé
(||Au"to-da-fé") n.; pl. Autos-da-fé [Pg., act of the faith; auto act, fr. L. actus + da of the + fé
faith, fr. L. fides.]
1. A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of
religious offenses.
2. An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held
on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.
3. A session of the court of Inquisition.
Auto-de-fe
(||Au"to-de-fe") n.; pl. Autos-de-fe. [Sp., act of faith.] Same as Auto- da-fé.
Autodidact
(Au"to*di*dact`) n. [Gr. self- taught.] One who is self-taught; an automath.
Autodynamic
(Au`to*dy*nam"ic) a. [Auto- + dynamic.] Supplying its own power; — applied to an instrument
of the nature of a water-ram.
Autofecundation
(Au`to*fec`un*da"tion) n. [Auto- + fecundation.] (Biol.) Self-impregnation. Darwin.
Autogamous
(Au*tog"a*mous) a. (Bot.) Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.
Autogamy
(Au*tog"a*my) n. [Auto- + Gr. marriage.] (Bot.) Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being
derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
Autogeneal
(Au`to*ge"ne*al) a. Self-produced; autogenous.
Autogenesis
(||Au`to*gen"e*sis) n. [Auto- + genesis.] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation.
Autogenetic
(Au`to*ge*net"ic) a. (Biol.) Relating to autogenesis; self-generated.
Autogenous
(Au*tog"e*nous) a. [Gr. self + root of to be born.]
1. (Biol.) Self- generated; produced independently.
2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of ossification. Owen.
Autogenous soldering,
the junction by fusion of the joining edges of metals without the intervention of
solder.
Autogenously
(Au*tog"e*nous*ly) adv. In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
Autograph
(Au"to*graph) n. [F. autographe, fr. Gr. autographic; self + to write.] That which is written
with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.
Autograph
(Au"to*graph) a. In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
Autographal
(Au*tog"ra*phal) a. Autographic. [Obs.]
Autographic
(Au`to*graph"ic Au`to*graph"ic*al) a.
1. Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an autograph.
2. Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; as, autographic ink, paper, or press.
Autography
(Au*tog"ra*phy) n. [Cf. F. autographie.]