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Definition of Allograph
1. Noun. A variant form of a grapheme, as 'm' or 'M' or a handwritten version of that grapheme.
2. Noun. A signature written by one person for another.
Definition of Allograph
1. n. A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; -- opposed to autograph.
Definition of Allograph
1. Noun. A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme) ¹
2. Noun. A signature made by one person for another (compare autograph) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allograph
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Allograph
1. A writing or signature made by some person other than any of the parties thereto; opposed to autograph. Origin: Gr. Another + -graph. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allograph
Literary usage of Allograph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"[< met- allograph-y + -i'c.] Of or pertaining to metallography. ... [< mct-
allograph-y + -ist.'] A writer oil metallography. metallography ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"It is also intended to exhibit any portraits, allograph letters and type specimens
and drawings of special interest, which may be loaned for the occasion, ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"He also wrote on • (ï\ M allograph v' (London, 1813); on'Chemical Reagents' (London,
1816), translated into Italian in 1819; on the 'Chalybeate Spring at ..."
4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"On t Im results of chilling copper-tin alloys. [Reprint, v. D. I, 1, No. 1000.]
The Mel allograph ist, Boston, Mass., 5, 1002, (41-52, with test fig.). ..."
5. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1908)
"the character is, to a certain extent, indicated by the chirography; and thirdly,
to embody, under each allograph, some literary gossip about the individual ..."
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