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grangerize
especially British, Բ··
[greyn-juh-rahyz]
verb (used with object)
grangerized, grangerizing
to augment the illustrative content of (a book) by inserting additional prints, drawings, engravings, etc., not included in the original volume.
to mutilate (books) in order to get illustrative material for such a purpose.
grangerize
/ ˈɡɪԻəˌɪ /
verb
to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another book
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Other Word Forms
- grangerism noun
- grangerization noun
- grangerizer noun
- ˈԲ noun
- ˌԲˈپDz noun
- ˈԲˌ noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grangerize1
1880–85; after James Granger (1723–1776), English clergyman whose Biographical History of England (1769) was arranged for such illustration; -ize
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Word History and Origins
Origin of grangerize1
C19: named after Joseph Granger, 18th-century English writer, whose Biographical History of England (1769) included blank pages for illustrations to be supplied by the reader
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Example Sentences
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Yet a new word was added to the language—“to grangerize”—on account of him.
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