grangerize

grangerize
grangerism, n.grangerization, n.grangerizer, n.
/grayn"jeuh ruyz'/, v.t., grangerized, grangerizing.
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, esp. Brit., grangerise.
[1880-85; after James Granger (1723-1776), English clergyman whose Biographical History of England (1769) was arranged for such illustration; see -IZE]

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