biograph

American  

[bahy-oh-graf] / ˈbaɪ oʊˌgræf /

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.

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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.

Etymology

Origin of biograph

First recorded in 1770–80; bio- ( def. ) + -graph ( def. )

Example Sentences

Two scenic films and two biograph comedies and the specialists’ singing completed the opening night.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2016

The result is a rare pictorial biograph that shuttles between serious analysis and pure nonsense.

From Time Magazine Archive

As everyone knows, the so-called "biograph" pictures are produced by an enormous series of consecutive instantaneous photographs taken on a continuous transparent flexible film or ribbon.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir

This young editor talks with so much vigor and so many gesticulations one might think he was acting a picture for a biograph machine.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

It is popularly believed that animated pictures had their inception with Edison who projected the biograph in 1887, having based it on that wonderful and ingenious toy, the Zoetrope.

From Marvels of Modern Science by Severing, Paul