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Inoculation of a person with virus from his own body.

One who writers his own life or biography.

One who writes his own life; an autobiographer. [R.]

Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. -- Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic (#), a.

Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.

That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an autograph.

The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.

Automatic. [Obs.] "Automatous organs." Sir T. Browne.

onception which any one frames of another's mind is more or less after the pattern of his own mind, -- is automorphic. H. Spenser.

common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, "He has gone to town," for, "He has gone to London."

Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.

The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues.

An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.

Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view. By autopsy and experiment. Cudworth.

Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.

By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. Sir T. Browne.

Proceeds; as, the avails of a sale by auction. The avails of their own industry. Stoddard.