3. A session of the court of Inquisition.

||Au"to-de-fe" (&?;), n.; pl. Autos-de-fe. [Sp., act of faith.] Same as Auto- da-fé.

Au"to*di*dact` (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; self- taught.] One who is self-taught; an automath.

Au`to*dy*nam"ic (&?;), a. [Auto- + dynamic.] Supplying its own power; -- applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.

Au`to*fec`un*da"tion (&?;), n. [Auto- + fecundation.] (Biol.) Self-impregnation. Darwin.

Au*tog"a*mous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.

Au*tog"a*my (&?;), n. [Auto- + Gr. &?; marriage.] (Bot.) Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

Au`to*ge"ne*al (&?;), a. Self-produced; autogenous.

||Au`to*gen"e*sis (&?;), n. [Auto- + genesis.] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation.

Au`to*ge*net"ic (&?;), a. (Biol.) Relating to autogenesis; self-generated.

Au*tog"e*nous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; self + root of &?; to be born.] 1. (Biol.) Self- generated; produced independently.

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