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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of AUTHOR

to compose and set down on paper the words of <authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson>

Synonyms author, pen, scratch (out), scribble

Related Words cast, compose, craft, draft, draw up, formulate, frame, prepare; recast, redraft, revise, rewrite; letter, print, type, typewrite; record, take down, transcribe; autograph, pencil (in), register, sign; couch, express, phrase, put, word

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