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to photostat

to photostat

9.9
To make a paper copy using an old photocopier
  • verb
  • /ˈfoʊtəˌstæt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : fotocopiar
  • Before digital printers, we used to photostat important papers for our archives.

Examples

  • Can you photostat these documents for me so everyone has a copy?

  • I need to photostat the report before I submit it to the committee.

  • So you can proofread this L.A. stuff tonight and photostat it tomorrow before the conference meeting?

    Of Unknown Origin (1983)

Compounds

Photostat machine
  • Archaic
6.8

A machine that makes quick paper copies of documents

Surface Forms

photostat infinitive
photostatted past
photostatted past participle
photostating present participle
photostats third person singular

Etymology

Photostat comes from the same parts, photo- 'light' and -stat, and was originally the name of a machine and its copies; to photostat something meant to make a copy on that machine. So to photostat is to make a 'light-made' copy of a document.