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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
authentic/ɔːˈθentɪk/
▶adjective
  • 1 of undisputed origin or veracity; genuine.
  • 2 Music (of a church mode) containing notes between the principal note or final and the note an octave higher. Compare with plagal.
– derivatives
authentically adverb,
authenticity /ɔːθɛnˈtɪsɪti/ noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from late L. authenticus, from Gk authentikos ‘principal, genuine’.



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