verb
- past tense and past participle of photostat; to make a photographic copy of a document using a photostat machine
Usage: dated; largely superseded by 'photocopied' or 'scanned' in modern usage
Examples
- She photostated the original contract before filing it away.
- The library photostated several pages from the rare book for the researcher.
- He photostated the document to send copies to all the committee members.
- The office manager photostated the memo and distributed it to every department.
- Before digital scanning, we photostated important records for backup.