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grangerize definition

grang·er·ize (grān′jər īz′)

transitive verb grangerized -·ized′, grangerizing -·iz′·ing

  1. to illustrate (a book already printed) with engravings, prints, etc. obtained elsewhere, often by clipping them from other books
  2. to damage (a book) by clipping such engravings, etc.

Etymology: after J. Granger, author of a Biographical History of England (1769), which included blank pages for such illustrations

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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