grangerize


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grangerize

(ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz) or

grangerise

vb (tr)
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another book
[C19: named after Joseph Granger, 18th-century English writer, whose Biographical History of England (1769) included blank pages for illustrations to be supplied by the reader]
ˈgrangerism n
ˌgrangeriˈzation, ˌgrangeriˈsation n
ˈgrangerˌizer, ˈgrangerˌiser n
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grangerize


Past participle: grangerized
Gerund: grangerizing

Imperative
grangerize
grangerize
Present
I grangerize
you grangerize
he/she/it grangerizes
we grangerize
you grangerize
they grangerize
Preterite
I grangerized
you grangerized
he/she/it grangerized
we grangerized
you grangerized
they grangerized
Present Continuous
I am grangerizing
you are grangerizing
he/she/it is grangerizing
we are grangerizing
you are grangerizing
they are grangerizing
Present Perfect
I have grangerized
you have grangerized
he/she/it has grangerized
we have grangerized
you have grangerized
they have grangerized
Past Continuous
I was grangerizing
you were grangerizing
he/she/it was grangerizing
we were grangerizing
you were grangerizing
they were grangerizing
Past Perfect
I had grangerized
you had grangerized
he/she/it had grangerized
we had grangerized
you had grangerized
they had grangerized
Future
I will grangerize
you will grangerize
he/she/it will grangerize
we will grangerize
you will grangerize
they will grangerize
Future Perfect
I will have grangerized
you will have grangerized
he/she/it will have grangerized
we will have grangerized
you will have grangerized
they will have grangerized
Future Continuous
I will be grangerizing
you will be grangerizing
he/she/it will be grangerizing
we will be grangerizing
you will be grangerizing
they will be grangerizing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been grangerizing
you have been grangerizing
he/she/it has been grangerizing
we have been grangerizing
you have been grangerizing
they have been grangerizing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been grangerizing
you will have been grangerizing
he/she/it will have been grangerizing
we will have been grangerizing
you will have been grangerizing
they will have been grangerizing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been grangerizing
you had been grangerizing
he/she/it had been grangerizing
we had been grangerizing
you had been grangerizing
they had been grangerizing
Conditional
I would grangerize
you would grangerize
he/she/it would grangerize
we would grangerize
you would grangerize
they would grangerize
Past Conditional
I would have grangerized
you would have grangerized
he/she/it would have grangerized
we would have grangerized
you would have grangerized
they would have grangerized
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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As with Burroughs' analogue cutups, this physical transfer suggests the "Disease" that the Reverend diagnoses, which "delights in maiming old Books." The language here is particularly telling: one does not simply disassemble a book in order to "Grangerize." Rather, one must be infected with "Iconomania," becoming an "idiot" (a commonly deployed term for the "feeble-minded").