verb
- past tense and past participle of photostat; made a photographic copy of (a document or page) using a photostat machine
Usage: dated; largely superseded by 'photocopied' or 'scanned' in modern usage
Examples
- She photostatted the original manuscript to preserve it.
- The library photostatted several pages from the rare book for the researcher.
- Before digital scanning, offices photostatted important documents daily.
- He photostatted the contract and sent copies to all parties involved.
- The archivist photostatted the historical letters to create backup copies.