ALLOGRAPH

allograph

(noun) a signature written by one person for another

allograph

(noun) a variant form of a grapheme, as ‘m’ or ‘M’ or a handwritten version of that grapheme

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

allograph (plural allographs)

A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme).

A signature made by one person for another (compare autograph).

Source: Wiktionary


Al"lo*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.]

Definition: A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 April 2024

MOTIVE

(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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