Hansardize

English Etymology From en Hansard ize. The term was popularised and possibly coined by Thomas Henry Huxley.en 1898-06-11 The Great Dictionary The Speaker https://archive.org/details/sim_speaker-the-liberal-review_1898-06-11_17 738-9 Messrs. Hansard have given their name to the official report of the debates in Parliament, and through it to hansardize and hansardization. These last two terms seem to have been coined by Professor Huxley. According to Sydney D. Bailey, the term had fallen out of use by the 1950s.en 1953 Sydney D. Bailey Parliament's Printers The Contemporary Review https://archive.org/details/sim_contemporary-review_1953-03_183_1047 1047 179 For a time there was a verb, to hansardize, to confront a Member of Parliament with his former utterances in order to prove that he once expressed a different opinion. It is a pity that this excellent word has passed into disuse. Verb en UK Commonwealth politics dated To confront a Member of Parliament with his former opinions as recorded in his speeches in Hansard. References Anagrams en aadehinrsz hazinedars en eponyms