pla|gia|rize

pla|gia|rize
pla|gia|rize «PLAY juh ryz», verb, -rized, -riz|ing.
–v.t.
to take and use as one's own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another), especially, to take and use (a passage, plot, or the like) from the work of another writer: »

I could not help plagiarizing Miss Hannah More's first line (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

–v.i.
to take ideas, passages, or the like, and represent them as one's own: »

He even had doubts whether in "The Silent Places,' he had been plagiarizing, more or less unconsciously, from Henry James's "Great Good Place' (H. G. Wells).

pla´gia|riz´er, noun.

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  • pla´gia|riz´er — pla|gia|rize «PLAY juh ryz», verb, rized, riz|ing. –v.t. to take and use as one s own (the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another), especially, to take and use (a passage, plot, or the like) from the work of another writer: »I could not… …   Useful english dictionary

  • gia — aer·odon·tal·gia; aero·pha·gia; al·gia; alo·gia; apha·gia; ap·o·lo·gia; ap·pog·gia·tu·ra; aq·ui·le·gia; ar·peg·gia·to·; ar·thral·gia; as·traeo·spon·gia; asty·lo·spon·gia; asy·ner·gia; bet·ton·gia; brach·y·ste·gia; bu·gia; cal·y·ste·gia;… …   English syllables

  • rize — ac·ces·so·rize; al·le·go·rize; aph·o·rize; ar·bo·rize; au·tho·rize; bac·te·rize; bar·ba·rize; bul·ga·rize; cal·o·rize; car·bu·rize; cat·e·go·rize; con·tem·po·rize; cu·ra·rize; di·a·rize; ec·pho·rize; evap·o·rize; ex·tem·po·rize; her·ba·rize;… …   English syllables

  • plagiarize — pla·gia·rize …   English syllables

  • plagiarize — pla|gia|rize also plagiarise BrE [ˈpleıdʒəraız] v [I and T] to take words or ideas from another person s work and use them in your work, without stating that they are not your own ▪ He accused other scientists of plagiarizing his research …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • plagiarize — pla|gia|rize [ pleıdʒə,raız ] verb intransitive or transitive to take someone else s work, ideas, or words, and use them as if they were your own …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • plagiarize — pla•gia•rize [[t]ˈpleɪ dʒəˌraɪz, dʒi əˌraɪz[/t]] v. rized, riz•ing 1) lit. to take and use by plagiarism 2) lit. to take and use ideas, passages, etc., from (another s work) by plagiarism 3) lit. to commit plagiarism …   From formal English to slang

  • plagiarize — pla·gia·rize / plā jə ˌrīz/ vb rized, riz·ing [from plagiary plagiarist, from Latin plagiarius, literally, kidnapper, from plagium netting of game, kidnapping, from plaga net] vt: to copy and pass off (the expression of ideas or words of another) …   Law dictionary

  • Plagiarize — Pla gia*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plagiarized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plagiarizing}.] To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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