Anthologized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Compiled and organized into a collection of literary selections to showcase diverse voices
2. Arranged and gathered into a cohesive anthology featuring various written works by different authors
3. Collected and presented within a volume of chosen literary pieces from multiple creators

Etymology: "Anthologized" is the past tense of "anthologize," which means to gather pieces, usually poems or stories, into a single collection. The verb is built from "anthology," which comes from Greek roots meaning "flower" and "gathering": "anthos" (flower) and "legein" (to gather). An anthology was originally a collection of choice verses, so the picture is of poems picked like blooms and bundled together. The "-ize" ending is the more recent part of the story. It descends from the Ancient Greek suffix "-izein," which turned nouns and adjectives into verbs meaning "to make into" or "to treat in the manner of." That suffix passed through Late Latin and Old French into English, where it became a productive way to form new verbs. "Anthologize" is simply "anthology" plus this ending, so it means, in effect, to turn material into an anthology.

Synonyms: compiled, collected, edited