Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mechanical device used for writing imitations of a personal signature.
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- noun A
machine thatautomatically writes a person'ssignature .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In case you are new to the ways of Washington, the autopen is a mechanical device that signs someone's name at the touch of a button.
Slate Magazine Terry L. Turnipseed 2011
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Obama auto-pens Patriot Act extension into law CBS/AP WASHINGTON - President Obama has taken advantage of a little-known and infrequently used device called an autopen to put his signature on legislation extending the government's post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists for anther four years.
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As I recall, Rummy found actually signing the letters that went to families of fallen soldiers too unimportant to actually take up his time, so he had them signed mechanically by an autopen.
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We're guessing the president had the legislation signed by an autopen in international waters, just to spite everyone.
HUFFPOST HILL - Congress Turns The Sky Into Milton Friedman's Playground Eliot Nelson 2011
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With Obama currently in France, the White House said the president would use an autopen machine that holds a pen and signs his actual signature.
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Just a get-well note some intern had produced and signed by autopen.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Just a get-well note some intern had produced and signed by autopen.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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The extension of the Patriot Act was signed by an autopen, a machine that can mimic the President's signature, because Barack Obama was in Europe.
Other Comments 2011
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Just a get-well note some intern had produced and signed by autopen.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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President Obama, who is in Europe, authorized the bill to be signed by an autopen, a machine that holds a pen and signs his signature.
fbharjo commented on the word autopen
auto pen for mechanical signatures
August 7, 2010