to mimeograph
- verb
- /ˈmaɪməˌɡræf/
- Archaic
- The teacher mimeographed the handout so that all students could have a copy.
- mimeographed copies
Examples
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The principal had sent the students home with a mimeographed note about the weapons.
Fiction book (1993) -
Using office equipment in the center, they typed and mimeographed 1,000 copies of their Ten-Point Platform.
Academic text (2014) -
Maybe we'll even mimeograph some things for you.
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I passed out mimeographed instructions on what to eat, what not to eat, what to drink, what not to drink.
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First of all, the duty schedule has already been mimeographed, as you see.
Blog text (30) -
Meanwhile, we all took turns writing up lecture notes, which were mimeographed for those in attendance.
Academic text (1994) -
Didn't you receive the mimeographed notice?
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The Guide is put to bed on Tuesday, folded and mimeographed on Wednesday, and distributed on Thursday.
Fiction book (2002) -
"When I returned to the principal's office, I was handed a mimeographed list of rules for English teachers.
Fiction book (1992) -
Organizers would mimeograph poems or rely on poems published in Poesia Libre or La Chachalaca as texts for study.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
Make the same words or pictures as the original
To make a copy of a document or picture with a copy machine
To make a copy of a document using a photocopier
To make a pattern on a surface by applying paint through a thin sheet with holes
To make copies of pages by printing through a stencil
To make copies of papers using a stencil machine
To copy writing or drawings by pressing ink from a soft plate
To make several copies of a document using carbon paper
Compounds
- Archaic
A machine that makes many paper copies by pressing ink through a stencil
How Modern
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mimeograph (verb) comes from the machine name and the same Greek roots, mimeo- 'to copy' and -graph 'write'. So to mimeograph a paper is to make copies of it with a mimeograph machine.