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authorship|ˈɔːθəʃɪp|
[f. author n. + -ship.]
1. Occupation or career as a writer of books.
1710Shaftesbury Charac. (1870) I. 347 Patentees, with a sole commission of Authorship. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. (1815) 148, I saw none of the outward signs of authorship. 1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. 113 The profession of literature, or, to speak more plainly, the trade of authorship. 1857H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets v. 160 The term of his authorship belongs..to the time of Queen Elizabeth.
2. The dignity or personality of an author; cf. lordship.
1782Cowper Lett. 23 Nov., My authorship is undoubtedly pleased when I hear that they are approved. 1853Tupper Heart xvi. 155 Such..was not my authorship's intention.
3. Literary origin or origination (of a writing).
1825Ld. Cockburn Mem. 318 To deny his authorship of them. 1831Brewster Newton (1855) II. xv. 75 A question..respecting the authorship of the review. 1834H. N. Coleridge Grk. Poets 284 To doubt the individual authorship of the Iliad. 1870Echo 11 Nov., To hunt for a correct solution of the authorship of Junius.
4. gen. Origination or instigation of an action, state of affairs, etc. Cf. author n. 1.
1884Leeds Merc. 24 Oct. 4/4 He did not..expressly charge [him]..with the authorship of the riots at Aston Park. |