n. [ Gr. &unr_; self. ] An abbreviation of automobile.
Syn. -- car, automobile, machine, motorcar [ Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5 ]

a. of or pertaining to an automobile; as, an auto mechanic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ Gr. &unr_; self. ] 1. A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a prefix with the meaning of self-moving, self-propelling; as, an autocar, an autocarriage, an autotruck, etc., an automobile car, carriage, truck, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ German: equivalent of auto + road. ] an expressway or superhighway in a German-speaking country. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Auto- + biographer. ] One who writes his own life or biography. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch. “Such traits of the autobiographic sort.” Carlyle. -- Au`to*bi`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who writes his own life; an autobiographer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Autobiographies [ Auto- + biography. ] A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + catalysis. ] (Chem.) Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. -- Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]