grangerize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To illustrate (a book) with material such as images taken from other published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
  2. To illustrate with material taken from published sources.
  3. To remove material, especially images, from a publication.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹeɪnʒəɹaɪz/

Word forms

grangerize grangerizes grangerizing grangerized grangerise

Etymology

From Granger + -ize, after James Granger, an 18th-century English biographer. Granger's Biographical History of England (1769) included areas for readers to illustrate the pages.

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