noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An old printing machine that involved the transfer of an original, prepared with special inks, to a pan of gelatin or a gelatin pad pulled tight on a metal frame. historical
2. 2
   duplicator consisting of a gelatin plate from which ink can be taken to make a copy wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To duplicate (a document) by this process. transitive

   "The menus are in hectographed handwriting."

2. 2
   copy on a duplicator wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bring outclonecopydittodoubledupe

Example

More examples

"The menus are in hectographed handwriting."

Etymology

From hecto- (“hundred”) + -graph, so called because it would make about 100 copies.

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