authentic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not counterfeit or copied

   an authentic signature

2. 2
   adj

   conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief

   an authentic account by an eyewitness

3. 3
   adj

   Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.

   The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.

4. 4
   adj

   Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.

   an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information

5. 5
   adj

   Authoritative.

   [T]here they find Ignatius, and then they beleeve him not for his ovvn Authority, but for a truths ſake, vvhich they derive from elſ vvhere: to vvhat end then ſhould they cite him as authentick for Epiſcopacie, vvhen they cannot knovv vvhat is authentick in him, but by the judgement vvhich they brought vvith them, and not by any judgement vvhich they might ſafely learne from him.

6. 6
   adj

   Designating a mode having the final as the lowest note.

7. 7
   adj

   Designating a cadence in which the dominant chord precedes the tonic.

Etymology

From Middle English authentik, from Old French autentique, from Latin authenticus, from Ancient Greek αὐθεντικός (authentikós, “authentic, genuine”), from Ancient Greek αὐθέντης (authéntēs, “perpetrator, murderer, absolute ruler”). Doublet of effendi.