auto-penとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

auto-pen (third-person singular simple present auto-pens, present participle auto-penning, simple past and past participle auto-penned)

1. Alternative form of autopen.

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語源

From auto- +‎ pen.

名詞

autopen (plural autopens)

1. A machine that automatically writes a person's signature.

   Synonym: robo-pen

   • 2003, William T. Endicott, An insider's guide to political jobs in Washington, page 99:

     But most offices either use autopens with the boss's name or simply have a staff member sign the boss's name to the correspondence.

   • 2021 July 1, Mike Hall, “HOW TO SPOT AUTOPEN AUTOGRAPHS”, in Just Collecting‎:

     An autopen is a machine that copies a person's signature and then reproduces it at a rate many times faster than could normally be done - some top celebrities even have several autopens with slightly altered autographs, making it even more difficult to tell which is the real thing.

   • 2025 March 14, Kerry Picket, “Trump wonders about the validity of Biden documents signed with an autopen”, in The Washington Times‎:

     Many executive orders signed by Mr. Biden were approved with an autopen device, prompting questions about whether Mr. Biden was fully mindful of what was signed during his presidency.

   • 2025 June 7, Paul Rosenzweig, “The Biden Investigation Is a Path to Even Greater Lawlessness”, in The Atlantic:

     President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum ordering an investigation of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and his use of the autopen […] is also nonsensical fan service, amplifying addled MAGA conspiracy theories that contend, with a straight face, that Biden was really a robotic clone.

動詞

autopen (third-person singular simple present autopens, present participle autopenning, simple past and past participle autopenned)

1. (transitive) To write or sign with an autopen.