Author

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The writer of a book, article, or other text.
  • noun. One who practices writing as a profession.
  • noun. One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.
  • noun. An originator or creator, as of a theory or plan.
  • noun. God.
  • transitive verb. To write or be the author of (a published text).
  • transitive verb. To write or construct (an electronic document or system).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To occasion; effect; do.
  • To be authority for; vouch for.
  • noun. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; he to whom something owes its origin; originator; creator; efficient cause: as, God is the author of the universe.
  • noun. Cause: applied to things.
  • noun. The original composer of a book or writing of any kind, as distinguished from a compiler, translator, editor, or copyist.
  • noun. [Often used elliptically for the literary production itself: as, the statement occurs in Pliny and other ancient authors.]
  • noun. An editor: as, the author of the Gentleman's Magazine.
  • noun. A person who authorizes a statement; an authority; an informant.
  • noun. In Scots law, one from whom a title to property is derived either by inheritance or otherwise; especially, one from whom title is derived by purchase or otherwise than by way of descent.
  • noun. plural A game of cards played with a special pack bearing the names of authors and their works.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.
  • noun. One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler.
  • noun. The editor of a periodical.
  • noun. An informant.
  • transitive verb. To occasion; to originate.
  • transitive verb. To tell; to say; to declare.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
  • noun. Someone who writes books for a living; a bookwright.
  • noun. I, me. used in academic articles as first-person pronoun.
  • verb. To create a work as its author.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
  • verb. be the author of
  • noun. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
  • Word Usage
    "The author and the minister did their parts in the ordinary pursuit of their vocations; but the _author_ did his part impersonally and indirectly, whilst the _minister_ did his part personally and face to face."
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