anthologize

American

[an-thol-uh-jahyz] / ænˈθɒl əˌdʒaɪz /

especially British, anthologise

verb (used without object)

anthologized, anthologizing

to compile an anthology.

verb (used with object)

anthologized, anthologizing

to make an anthology of; include in an anthology.

anthologize British

/ ænˈθɒləˌdʒaɪz /

verb

to compile or put into an anthology

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Other Word Forms

anthologizer noun
unanthologized adjective

Etymology

Origin of anthologize

First recorded in 1890–95; antholog(y) + -ize

Example Sentences

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Reading many of the essays freshly anthologized here, it’s hard to argue with these sentiments.

From Washington Post

The stories Saunders chooses are not the best-known, widely anthologized ones — not Chekhov’s “The Lady With the Dog” or Gogol’s “The Overcoat.”

From Washington Post

But to devotees of the weird tale and the ghost story, Irwin is also remembered as the author of two frequently anthologized short classics, “The Book” and “The Earlier Service.”

From Washington Post

The site satirizes punk rock and its adjacent subcultures with Onion-style articles, dozens of which are anthologized in “The Hard Times: The First 40 Years.”

From Washington Post

Bushnell first rose to prominence with a dating column in The New York Observer, whose writings were anthologized in her "Sex and the City" novel.

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