Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To index (a particular item) under more than one heading.
  • intransitive verb To furnish (an index in a book, for example) with cross-references.
  • intransitive verb To furnish cross-references.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work.
  • transitive verb to provide cross-references in (a book or other document).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a reference at one place in a work to information at another place in the same work
  • verb make an index that refers from one point to the next

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Examples

  • On top of this, ambition being directly proportional to the sense that there was virtually no end to the library that could be embedded here, we decided to key in all the critical literature discussing Frankenstein and similarly cross-index its references both to the novel and to other critical articles.

    Introduction 2010

  • These match-ups happen because it is common for BBC producers to keep Sellotaped notebooks, and now digital files, that cross-index subjects with possible contributors.

    From porn to Portillo | Mark Lawson 2011

  • Then, it occurred to us that we could cross-index all this material, so that when the

    Introduction 2010

  • They can cross-index with their own licensing database to see if such a transmitter is authorized.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Can the FCC Search Your Home? 2009

  • The mission of places like this, as I see it, is to get people bump heads and cross-index ;

    Potpourri 2007

  • The mission of places like this, as I see it, is to get people bump heads and cross-index ;

    Potpourri 2007

  • Written custom Web application to cross-index entire 2,000+ album music collection and play it remotely from any browser.1 See item #2.

    The dreaded "Where I've lived" meme shunn 2005

  • Written custom Web application to cross-index entire 2,000+ album music collection and play it remotely from any browser.1 See item #2.

    The dreaded "Where I've lived" meme shunn 2005

  • This contains information on more than 9,500 artists and a cross-index of agency personnel.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

  • This contains information on more than 9,500 artists and a cross-index of agency personnel.

    How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003

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