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biography (iou)



biography noun & verb. L17.
[French biographie or mod. Latin biographia, medieval Greek biographia: see BIO-, -GRAPHY.]
A. noun.
The history of the lives of individuals, as a branch of literature. L17.
A written life of a person. L18.
The life-course of a living (esp. human) being. M19.
b. verb trans. Write the life of; make the subject of a biography. M19.
biogra'phee noun a person who is the subject of a biography M19.
biographer noun a writer of biographies or the life of a person E18.
bio'graphic adjective of or pertaining to (a) biography L18.
bio'graphical adjective = biographic adjective M18.
bio'graphically adverb M18.
biographist noun = biographer M17.
biographize verb trans. & intrans. write a biography (of) E19.