n. - 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.
n. - Authoritative.
n. - Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.
n. - Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.
n. - Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.
n. - An original (book or document).