biograph

American  

[bahy-oh-graf] / ˈbaɪ oʊˌgræf /

verb (used with object)

1. to write a biography or short biographical sketch of.

   He has obtained numerous awards and distinctions and has been biographed in Canadian Who's Who.

   Her aunt was the writer who biographed Queen Victoria, among others.

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noun

1. a biography or short biographical sketch of a person.

   If you've never read a biograph of Napoleon, don’t start with this one—too many historical errors.

   This jazz opera serves as an engaging audio biograph of her music and her life.

Etymology

Origin of biograph

First recorded in 1770–80; bio- ( def. ) + -graph ( def. )

Example Sentences

Two scenic films and two biograph comedies and the specialists’ singing completed the opening night.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2016

The result is a rare pictorial biograph that shuttles between serious analysis and pure nonsense.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because we have not been able to send speakers there, and the Plutocrats wrecked the train which was conveying the biograph pictures.

From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Adams, Francis A.

The horror moved upon its stomach, and, viewing it as we did through the narrow cranny, it appeared as if the film of a biograph was being slowly dragged before our eyes.

From The White Waterfall by Dwyer, James Francis

Then he burst out suddenly: "Ye know the graphophone an' the kodak and the biograph an' all them things what ye can see down to Keene?"

From The Panchronicon by MacKaye, Harold Steele