author

Word Origin & History

c.1300, autor "father," from Old French auctor, acteor "author, originator, creator, instigator (12c., Modern French auteur), from Latin auctorem (nominative auctor) "enlarger, founder, master, leader," literally "one who causes to grow," agent noun from auctus, past participle of augere "to increase" (see augment). Meaning "one who sets forth written statements" is from late 14c. The -t- changed to -th- 16c. on mistaken assumption of Greek origin.

Example Sentences forauthor

Pray accept this author's copy with his best and hopefullest wishes.

We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose.

Which of the two, then, would our author want to explain metaphorically?

The poem is in four cantos, the first of which is the best, and the most characteristic of the author.

From some other of the author's letters we are able to trace the gradual growth of the work.

The second edition appeared in 1674, the year of the author's death.

The Satanic energy of this outburst proclaims its author, Marlowe.

I imagine he was asked by the author to touch up "Pericles."

He cherishes no quarrel, therefore, with his destiny, nor with the Author of it.

He thought he might make a living by his pen, and concluded to become an author.

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