author

Definitions

1. 1.One who composes or writers a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler. The chief glory every people arises from its authors. Johnson.
2. 2.The editor of a periodical. [Obs.]
3. 3.An informant. [Archaic] Chaucer.
4. 4.To occasion; to originate. [Obs.] Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman.
5. 5.To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] More of him I dare not author. Massinger.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is one who composes or writers a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler. The chief glory every people arises from its authors. Johnson called?
• What is to occasion; to originate. [Obs.] Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman called?
• What is to tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] More of him I dare not author. Massinger called?