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English Dictionary: author	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
author n writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) Synonym(s): writer, author someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints" Synonym(s): generator, source, author v be the author of; "She authored this play"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Author \Au"thor\ ([add]"th[etil]r), v. t. 1. To occasion; to originate. [Obs.] Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. --Chapman. 2. To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] More of him I dare not author. --Massinger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Author \Au"thor\ ([add]"th[etil]r), n. [OE. authour, autour, OF. autor, F. auteur, fr. L. auctor, sometimes, but erroneously, written autor or author, fr. augere to increase, to produce. See {Auction}, n.] 1. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator.