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Webster 1913 Edition


Authorship

Au′thor-ship

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Noun.
1.
The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
2.
Source; origin; origination;
as, the
authorship
of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs
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Webster 1828 Edition


Authorship

AU'THORSHIP

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Noun.
[author and ship.] The quality or state of being an author.