Auto-
Au″to– (�). A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Auto- (2)
Au″to– (?). An abbrev. of automobile, used as a prefix with the meaning of self-moving, self-propelling; as, an autocar, an autocarriage, an autotruck, etc., an automobile car, ...
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 Po...
Auto-de-fe
‖Au″to–de–fe″ (�), n.; pl.Autos-de-fe. Same as Auto-da-fé.
Auto-infection
Au′to–in‐fec″tion, n. [Auto- + infection.] (Med.) Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in the organism itself.
Auto-inoculation
Au′to–in‐oc′u‐la″tion, n. [Auto- + inoculation.] (Med.) Inoculation of a person with virus from his own body.
Auto-intoxication
Au′to–in‐tox′i‐ca″tion, n. [Auto- + intoxication.] (Med.) Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.
Autobiographer
Au′to‐bi‐og″ra‐pher (�), n. [Auto- + biographer.] One who writers his own life or biography.
Autobiographic
{ Au′to‐bi′o‐graph″ic (�), Au′to‐bi′o‐graph″ic‐al (�), } a. Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch. “Such traits of the autobiographic sort....
Autobiographist
Au′to‐bi‐og″ra‐phist (�), n. One who writes his own life; an autobiographer.
Autobiography
Au′to‐bi‐og″ra‐phy (�), n.; pl.Autobiographies (�). [Auto- + biography.] A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.
Autocarpous
{ Au′to‐car″pous (�), Au′to‐car″pi‐an (�), } a. [Auto- + Gr. καρπόσ fruit.] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsu...
Autocatalysis
Au′to‐ca‐tal″y‐sis (?), n. [Auto- + catalysis.] (Chem.) Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction...
Autocephalous
Au′to‐ceph″a‐lous (�), a.(Eccl. Hist.) Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.
Autochronograph
Au′to‐chron″o‐graph (�), n. [Auto- + chronograph.] An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. Knight.
Autochthon
Au‐toch″thon (�), n.; pl. E. Authochthons (�), L. Autochthones (�). [L., fr. Gr. �, pl. �, from the land itself; αυτὄσ self + � earth, land.] 1. One who is supposed to rise or s...
Autochthonal
{ Au‐toch″tho‐nal (�), Au′thoch‐thon″ic (�), Au‐toch″tho‐nous (�), } a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
Autochthonism
Au‐toch″tho‐nism (�), n. The state of being autochthonal.
Autochthony
Au‐toch″tho‐ny, n. An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.
Autoclastic
Au′to‐clas″tic (?), a. [See Auto-; Clastic.] (Geol.) Broken in place; — said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated...
Autoclave
Au″to‐clave (�), n. [F., fr. Gr. αυτὄσ self + L. clavis key.] A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid. Knight.
Autocoherer
Au′to‐co‐her″er (?), n. [Auto- + coherer.] (Wireless Teleg.) A self-restoring coherer, as a microphonic detector.
Autocracy
Au‐toc″ra‐cy (�), n.; pl.Autocracies. [Gr. �: cf. F. autocratie. See Autocrat.] 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.The divine wil...
Autocrat
Au″to‐crat (�), n. [Gr. �; � self + � strength, � strong: cf. F. autocrate. See Hard, a.] 1. An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by...
Autocratic
{ Au′to‐crat″ic (�), Au′to‐crat″ic‐al (�), } a. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government. — Au′to‐crat″i...
Autocrator
Au‐toc″ra‐tor (�), n. An autocrat.
Autocratorical
Au′to‐cra‐tor″ic‐al (�), a. Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. Bp. Pearson.