biographize

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UK/baɪˈɒɡɹəfaɪz/

verb

To write a biography of.

OriginEnglish biography ← New Latin biographia ← Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā) →
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Meanings

verbbiographize (third-person singular simple present biographizes, present participle biographizing, simple past and past participle biographized)

present singular third person biographizes · participle present biographizing · participle past biographized · past biographized · alternative UK biographise

  1. transitiveTo write a biography of.

    [Norman Mailer] was, though, absolutely the daddy of faction, his novels or journalism reporting every conflict from 1939 to Iraq and biographising Americans including John F Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali and Neil Armstrong.

    2007 November 12, Mark Lawson, “The king of faction”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
biograph

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  5. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  6. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  7. Ancient Greekβιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
  8. New Latinbiographia
  9. Englishbiography
  10. Englishbiographize

From biography + -ize.

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APA

biographize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biographize

MLA

“biographize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biographize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biographize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biographize.

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