hol·o·graph
(hŏl′ə-grăf′, hō′lə-)n.1. A document written wholly in the handwriting of the person whose signature it bears.
[From Late Latin holographus, entirely written by the signer, from Greek holographos : holo-, holo- + -graphos, -graph.]
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holograph
(ˈhɒləˌɡræf; -ˌɡrɑːf) n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding)
a. a book or document handwritten by its author; original manuscript; autograph
b. (as modifier): a holograph document.
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hol•o•graph1
(ˈhɒl əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈhoʊ lə-)
adj. 1. Also, hol`o•graph′ic (-ˈgræf ɪk) hol`o•graph′i•cal. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
n. 2. a holograph writing, as a deed.
[1650–60; < Late Latin holographus < Late Greek hológraphos. See
holo-,
-graph]
hol•o•graph2
(ˈhɒl əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈhoʊ lə-)
n. ho•log•ra•pher (həˈlɒg rə fər) n.
hol`o•graph′ic (-ˈgræf ɪk) adj.
hol`o•graph′i•cal•ly, adv.
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holograph
a manuscript or other document written completely in the hand of the person above whose name it appears. — holograph, holographic, adj.
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