单词 | biographize |
释义 | biographizev. transitive. To write a biography of; to portray biographically. Usually in passive. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > write biography of [verb (transitive)] biograph1776 biographize1793 biography1794 Boswellize1837 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > write biography [verb (intransitive)] biographize1897 1793 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 1077/1 Those very words are cited as having been uttered by Lord Shaftesbury, or some other person well-known to Locke and the person biographized. 1868 Spectator 14 Nov. 1340 The Royal Family of England has been quite sufficiently biographized. 1897 W. A. Raleigh Let. 13 Mar. (1926) I. 192 If I biographize it should be on a literary gent. 1930 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 16 582 Every man important enough to be biographized is entitled to at least his one day in court. 1963 Mil. Affairs 27 182/2 In addition to a liberal number of portraits of persons biographized in the text, there is a color inset of representative Marine uniforms. 2002 Evening Post (Bristol) (Nexis) 4 Jan. 35 A vogueish way to biographise a very public life is to trawl the subject's childhood for clues to the character of the adult. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1793 |
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