authentical

American  

[aw-then-ti-kuhl] / ɔˈθɛn tɪ kəl /

adjective

Archaic.

1. authentic.

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Other Word Forms

• nonauthentical adjective
• unauthentical adjective
• unauthentically adverb
• unauthenticalness noun

Etymology

Origin of authentical

First recorded in 1525–35; authentic + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Then, they reformulated the search problem into a simple mathematical expression, which enables SecureLoop to find the ideal authentical block size in a much more efficient manner than searching through all possible options.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023

For with what confidence can any private person promise credit from posterity to his own writings if such public documents be not entertained by him for authentical?

From Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth by Tyler, James Endell

O stay, my love; the hopes thou dost conceive Of thy quick death, and of thy future life, Are not authentical.

From The Poetaster by Jonson, Ben

Say you so? troth there's a friend of mine, Sir, within hearing, that's familiar with all that's past, his testimony will be authentical.

From The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by Fletcher, John

In ordinary gentleman's dress, he is a very authentical copy of a Bond-street dandy, and looks as little like a Frenchman as most of Stultz's subjects.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker