3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.

Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners.

Hawthorne.

Aus"tin (&?;), a. Augustinian; as, Austin friars.

Aus"tral (&?;), a. [L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F. austral.] Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean.

Austral signs (Astron.), the last six signs of the zodiac, or those south of the equator.

Aus`tral*a"sian (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Australasia.

Aus*tra"li*an (&?;), a. [From L. Terra Australis southern land.] Of or pertaining to Australia. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Australia.

Aus"tral*ize (&?;), v. i. [See Austral.] To tend toward the south pole, as a magnet. [Obs.]

They [magnets] do septentrionate at one extreme, and australize at another.

Sir T. Browne.

Aus"tri*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Austria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Austria.

Aus"trine (&?;), n. [L. austrinus, from auster south.] Southern; southerly; austral. [Obs.] Bailey.

Aus"tro-Hun*ga"ri*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary.

Aus"tro*man`cy (&?;), n. [L. auster south wind + -mancy.] Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.

Au"tar*chy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; independence; a'yto`s self + 'arkei^n to be sufficient.] Self- sufficiency. [Obs.] Milton.

Au*then"tic (&?;), a. [OE. autentik, OF. autentique, F. authentique, L. authenticus coming from the real author, of original or firsthand authority, from Gr. &?;, fr. &?; suicide, a perpetrator or real author of any act, an absolute master; a'yto`s self + a form "enths (not found), akin to L. sons and perh. orig. from the p. pr. of e'i^nai to be, root as, and meaning the one it really is. See Am, Sin, n., and cf. Effendi.] 1. Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.

To be avenged

On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire.

Milton.

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