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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

authentic

SYLLABICATION:	au·then·tic
PRONUNCIATION:	ô-thntk
ADJECTIVE:	1. Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief: an authentic account by an eyewitness. 2. Having a claimed and verifiable origin or authorship; not counterfeit or copied: an authentic medieval sword. 3. Law Executed with due process: an authentic deed. 4. Music a. Of, relating to, or being a medieval mode having a range from its final tone to the octave above it. b. Of, relating to, or being a cadence with the dominant chord immediately preceding the tonic chord. 5. Obsolete Authoritative.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English autentik, from Old French autentique, from Late Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos, from authents, author.
OTHER FORMS:	au·thenti·cal·ly —ADVERB
SYNONYMS:	authentic, bona fide, genuine, real¹, true, undoubted, unquestionable These adjectives mean not counterfeit or copied: an authentic painting by Corot; a bona fide transfer of property; genuine crabmeat; a real diamond; true courage; undoubted evidence; an unquestionable antique.
ANTONYM:	counterfeit


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