adjective. Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.

adjective. Being so in fact; not fraudulent or counterfeit.

adjective. Executed in a manner so as to produce legal effectiveness.

adjective. undefined

adjective. Of, relating to, or being a medieval mode having a range from its final tone to the octave above it.

adjective. Of, relating to, or being a cadence with the dominant chord immediately preceding the tonic chord.

adjective. Authoritative.

Having authority; possessing inherent authority; duly authorized; authoritative.

Real; of genuine origin; being what it purports to be: opposed to pretended or imaginary, fictitious, counterfeit, apocryphal, or unauthorized: as, authentic documents.

In law, executed with all due formalities; executed by the proper person and legally attested before the proper authorities: as, an authentic deed.

Entitled to acceptance or belief; reliable; trustworthy; of established credit, credibility, or authority: as, an authentic tale, book, writer.

Original; first-hand, as opposed to copied or transcribed.

Own; proper; properly belonging to one's self.

In music, having an immediate relation to the key-note or tonic: in distinction from plagal, which has a corresponding relation to the fifth or dominant in the octave below the key-note.

noun. An authoritative or genuine document or book.

noun. An original, as opposed to a copy or transcript.

noun. An original (book or document).

adjective. 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.

adjective. Authoritative.

adjective. Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible

adjective. Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.

adjective. 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.

adjective. Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.

adjective. Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.

adjective. Having authority.

adjective. not counterfeit or copied

adjective. conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

"The first one (a) is called a _perfect authentic cadence_, but the last two (c) and (d) are _imperfect authentic_."

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Denike  Hellenic  anthropogenic  bennick  calisthenic  

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