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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; a'yto`s self + earth, land.]
1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants
or aborigines; a native; — commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly
the Athenians.
2. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.
Autochthonal
(Au*toch"tho*nal Au`thoch*thon"ic) Autochthonous
(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.
Autoclave
(Au"to*clave) n. [F., fr. Gr. a'yto`s self + L. clavis key.] A kind of French stewpan with a
steam-tight lid. Knight.
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 will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an
absolute autocracy.
South.
2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. Barlow.
4. (Med.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the
individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy.] Dunglison.
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 claim of
absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias
2. One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
The autocrat of the breakfast table.
Holmes.
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"ic*al*ly, adv.
Autocrator
(Au*toc"ra*tor) n. An autocrat. [Archaic]
Autocratorical
(Au`to*cra*tor"ic*al) a. Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
Autocratrix
(||Au*toc"ra*trix) n. [NL.] A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; — a title
given to the empresses of Russia.
Autocratship
(Au"to*crat*ship) n. The office or dignity of an autocrat.
