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to mimeograph

to mimeograph

2 9.9
To make paper copies by pushing ink through a stencil
  • verb
  • /ˈmaɪməˌɡræf/
  • Archaic
translation icon : mimeografiar
  • The teacher mimeographed the handout so that all students could have a copy.
  • mimeographed copies

Examples

  • 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.

  • I passed out mimeographed instructions on what to eat, what not to eat, what to drink, what not to drink.

  • 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?

  • 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

to copy
vsto mimeograph
328 1.0

Make the same words or pictures as the original

uses a special cut template machine pressing ink not any general reproduction process
to photocopy
vsto mimeograph
15 2.3

To make a copy of a document or picture with a copy machine

uses a prepared template pressed with ink rather than a light imaging method
to xerox
vsto mimeograph
  • US
5 4.8

To make a copy of a document using a photocopier

uses a prepared template and pressed ink not a light imaging process
to stencil
vsto mimeograph
1 4.8

To make a pattern on a surface by applying paint through a thin sheet with holes

uses the same cut template method specifically to reproduce documents by pressing ink
to mimeo
vsto mimeograph
  • Archaic
9.9

To make copies of pages by printing through a stencil

is the same action but highlights pressing ink through a prepared template
to roneo
vsto mimeograph
  • Archaic
9.9

To make copies of papers using a stencil machine

uses a prepared template pressed with ink rather than other duplicating ways
to hectograph
vsto mimeograph
  • Archaic
9.9

To copy writing or drawings by pressing ink from a soft plate

uses a prepared template pressed with ink instead of that older device
to manifold
vsto mimeograph
  • Archaic
9.1

To make several copies of a document using carbon paper

uses a prepared template pressed with ink rather than layered carbon paper

Compounds

1 9.9

A machine that makes many paper copies by pressing ink through a stencil

How Modern

to scan
258 3.2
to mimeograph
  • Archaic
2 9.9
to handwrite
2 3.4

Surface Forms

mimeograph infinitive
mimeographed past participle
mimeographing present participle
mimeographs third person singular

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.