Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To illustrate in the method called grangerism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
illustrate (abook ) with material such asimages taken from otherpublished sources, such as byclipping them out for one's own use. - verb transitive To
illustrate with material taken from published sources. - verb transitive To remove material, especially images, from a publication.
Etymologies
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granger + -ize, after James Granger, an 18th century English biographer. Granger's Biographical History of England (1769) included areas for readers to illustrate the pages.
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whichbe commented on the word grangerize
To illustrate a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use. (Wiktionary)
May 17, 2008
reesetee commented on the word grangerize
A hazard of rare book collecting.
May 17, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word grangerize
I met this word for the first time last week, at this exhibition.
August 28, 2009