grangerize

American  

[greyn-juh-rahyz] / ˈgreɪn dʒəˌraɪz /

especially British, grangerise

verb (used with object)

grangerized, grangerizing

1. to augment the illustrative content of (a book) by inserting additional prints, drawings, engravings, etc., not included in the original volume.

2. to mutilate (books) in order to get illustrative material for such a purpose.

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grangerize British  

/ ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz /

verb

1. to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works

2. 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; see -ize