Look up: authorship

1. Authorship
   Au'thor·ship noun 1. The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author. 2. Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/148
   
   
2. authorship
   The profession of writing. Also the identity of the writer as the creator of a literary production. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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3. authorship
   noun the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; `the authorship of the theory is disputed`
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4. authorship
   composition 1 penning noun the act of creating written works; `writing was a form of therapy for him`; `it was a matter of disputed authorship`
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5. Authorship
   • (n.) Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs. • (n.) The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
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