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. )

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Example Sentences

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biograph

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

"So should I be to get you, if I were the fairy prince," said he, in so kind a voice it was a pity the biograph couldn't snap it.

From The Heather-Moon by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

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 Janey Canuck

Then he burst out suddenly: "Ye know the graphophone an' the kodak and the biograph an' all them things what ye can see down to Keene?"

From The Panchronicon by Harold Steele MacKaye

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