"biographize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /baɪˈɒɡɹəfaɪz/ [UK] Forms: biographizes [present, singular, third-person], biographizing [participle, present], biographized [participle, past], biographized [past]
Etymology: biography + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|biography|ize}} biography + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} biographize (third-person singular simple present biographizes, present participle biographizing, simple past and past participle biographized)
  1. (transitive) To write a biography of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: biographise [UK]
    Sense id: en-biographize-en-verb-GdjDVAD3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

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