grangerize
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.
Origin of grangerize
1- Also especially British, grang·er·ise .
Other words from grangerize
- grang·er·ism, noun
- grang·er·i·za·tion, noun
- grang·er·iz·er, noun
Words Nearby grangerize
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How to use grangerize in a sentence
Yet a new word was added to the language—“to grangerize”—on account of him.
British Dictionary definitions for grangerize
grangerise
/ (ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz) /
to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another book
Origin of grangerize
1Derived forms of grangerize
- grangerism, noun
- grangerization or grangerisation, noun
- grangerizer or grangeriser, noun
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