I. bīˈägrəfē, -fi also bēˈä- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Late Greek biographia, from Greek bio- bi- (II) + -graphia -graphy
1. : a usually written history of a person's life
2. : biographical writings in general ; especially : such writings considered as a genre
the field of biography
3. : an account in biographical form of the life of something (as an animal, a coin, or a building)
the biography of the commonwealth
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
: to write a biography of