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biograph
[ bahy-oh-graf ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
noun
- 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of biograph1
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Example Sentences
That I gaze inward at the garbled biograph of Me keeps me from several sorts of violent action.
It is tempting—but the temptation must be resisted—to enliven these pages with an abstract of its astonishing "biograph-panorama."
"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.
I was quite sorry when it was all over and the biograph men were packing up to go.
Here also is carried on the work of retouching the films and preparing them for use in the biograph and mutoscope pictures.
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