grangerize

American

[greyn-juh-rahyz] / ˈgreɪn dʒəˌraɪz /

especially British, grangerise

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 British

/ ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz /

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

Etymology

Origin of grangerize

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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Yet a new word was added to the language—“to grangerize”—on account of him.

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