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grangerize

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grang⋅er⋅ize

  [greyn-juh-rahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to augment the illustrative content of (a book) by inserting additional prints, drawings, engravings, etc., not included in the original volume.
2. to mutilate (books) in order to get illustrative material for such a purpose.
Also, especially British, grang⋅er⋅ise.

Origin:
1880–85; after James Granger (1723–1776), English clergyman whose Biographical History of England (1769) was arranged for such illustration; see -ize

Related forms:
grang⋅er⋅ism, noun
grang⋅er⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
grang⋅er⋅iz⋅er, noun
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