biograph

[ bahy-oh-graf ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to write a biography or short biographical sketch of: He has obtained numerous awards and distinctions and has been biographed in Canadian Who's Who.Her aunt was the writer who biographed Queen Victoria, among others.

noun
  1. a biography or short biographical sketch of a person: If you've never read a biograph of Napoleon, don’t start with this one—too many historical errors.This jazz opera serves as an engaging audio biograph of her music and her life.

Origin of biograph

1
First recorded in 1770–80; bio- + -graph

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How to use biograph in a sentence

  • That I gaze inward at the garbled biograph of Me keeps me from several sorts of violent action.

    I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLane
  • It is tempting—but the temptation must be resisted—to enliven these pages with an abstract of its astonishing "biograph-panorama."

    The English Novel | George Saintsbury
  • "So should I be to get you, if I were the fairy prince," said he, in so kind a voice it was a pity the biograph couldn't snap it.

    The Heather-Moon | C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
  • I was quite sorry when it was all over and the biograph men were packing up to go.

    The Heather-Moon | C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
  • Here also is carried on the work of retouching the films and preparing them for use in the biograph and mutoscope pictures.