From: Wordsmith To: linguaphile Subject: A.Word.A.Day--grangerize Date: Wednesday, July 24, 1996 12:49AM gran.ger.ize \'gra-n-j*-.ri-z\ vt [James Granger -1776 E biographer; fr. his method of illustrating his Biographical History of England (1769)] : to illustrate by inserting engravings or photographs collected from other books; also : to mutilate (books) to obtain material for such illustration - gran.ger.iz.er n 1889 N.Y. Tribune 13 Jan. (Cent.), "The portraits of actors will be paged separately, with blank backs, for the benefit of grangerizers." |
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