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The Meaning of copyright
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(n.) The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.
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(v. t.) To secure a copyright on.
Synonyms
right of first publication
Homophones
copywrite
Rhymes
acolyte
,
airtight
,
alight
,
allright
,
alright
,
ammonite
,
andesite
,
anorthite
,
anthracite
,
apartheid
,
apatite
,
appetite
,
arkwright
,
backbite
,
beit
,
bentonite
,
bight
,
biotite
,
birthright
,
bite
,
blight
,
boatwright
,
bright
,
brite
,
brucite
,
bullfight
,
byte
,
calcite
,
calite
,
campsite
,
canaanite
,
candlelight
,
carmelite
,
cartwright
,
cite
,
clevite
,
clyte
,
contrite
,
copywrite
,
cryolite
,
daylight
,
de-excite
,
delight
,
despite
,
dight
,
diorite
,
disinvite
,
displaywrite
,
dogfight
,
dolomite
,
downright
,
dunite
,
dwight
,
dynamite
,
ebright
,
enright
,
enwright
,
epsomite
,
erudite
,
exabyte
,
excite
,
expedite
,
extradite
,
eyesight
,
fahrenheit
,
fight
,
finite
,
fite
,
flashlight
,
flight
,
flite
,
floodlight
,
fluorite
,
flyte
,
footlight
,
foresight
,
forthright
,
fortnight
,
franklinite
,
fright
,
frostbite
,
fulbright
,
gametophyte
,
gigabyte
,
goodnight
,
granulocyte
,
graphite
,
gunfight
,
headlight
,
height
,
heit
,
hematite
,
hemimorphite
,
hermaphrodite
,
hiett
,
highlight
,
hight
,
hindsight
,
hite
,
hittite
,
hussite
,
ignite
,
impolite
,
incite
,
indict
,
indite
,
insight
,
invite
,
israelite
,
jacobite
,
jadeite
,
kilobyte
,
kite
,
knight
,
kyte
,
lafite
,
lazulite
,
leukocyte
,
light
,
lignite
,
limelight
,
limonite
,
lite
,
lucite
,
luddite
,
lymphocyte
,
macknight
,
magnesite
,
magnetite
,
maronite
,
masonite
,
mccright
,
mcknight
,
mcwright
,
megabyte
,
mennonite
,
meteorite
,
midnight
,
might
,
minorite
,
mite
,
monzonite
,
moonlight
,
muscovite
,
neophyte
,
niccolite
,
night
,
niobite
,
nite
,
nonwhite
,
onsite
,
outright
,
overexcite
,
overflight
,
overnight
,
overnite
,
oversight
,
overwrite
,
parasite
,
pegmatite
,
phlogopite
,
phosphorite
,
playwright
,
plebiscite
,
plight
,
polite
,
quite
,
recite
,
recondite
,
reignite
,
reunite
,
rewrite
,
right
,
rite
,
riunite
,
satellite
,
satterwhite
,
scheidt
,
searchlight
,
seawright
,
selenite
,
semi-height
,
shiite
,
shipwright
,
sight
,
site
,
skite
,
skylight
,
skylite
,
sleight
,
slight
,
smite
,
snakebite
,
socialite
,
spite
,
sporophyte
,
spotlight
,
sprite
,
starlight
,
sticktight
,
stoplight
,
streit
,
strite
,
suburbanite
,
sulfite
,
sunlight
,
sunlite
,
sylvite
,
tight
,
tonight
,
tonite
,
tripartite
,
trite
,
twilight
,
twite
,
underwrite
,
unite
,
upright
,
uptight
,
urbanite
,
wainwright
,
watertight
,
website
,
wheelwright
,
white
,
whyte
,
wight
,
wright
,
write
,
zeit