"biograph" meaning in English

See biograph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: biographs [plural]
Etymology: bio- + -graph Etymology templates: {{confix|en|bio|graph}} bio- + -graph Head templates: {{en-noun}} biograph (plural biographs)
  1. (rare) A biographical essay. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-biograph-en-noun-Fj4EE1zf
  2. An early device to show moving pictures on a screen.
    Sense id: en-biograph-en-noun-10~Xp35l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -graph Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 46 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -graph: 33 42 25

Verb

Forms: biographs [present, singular, third-person], biographing [participle, present], biographed [participle, past], biographed [past]
Etymology: bio- + -graph Etymology templates: {{confix|en|bio|graph}} bio- + -graph Head templates: {{en-verb}} biograph (third-person singular simple present biographs, present participle biographing, simple past and past participle biographed)
  1. (rare, transitive) To write a biography of. Tags: rare, transitive Synonyms: biographize
    Sense id: en-biograph-en-verb-GdjDVAD3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bio- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 31 24 45

Inflected forms

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