Copyright (Verb)
Meaning
Secure a copyright on a written work; "did you copyright your manuscript?".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- She had the manuscript professionally edited before deciding to copyright it online.
- The company's lawyer recommended that they copyright all their original ideas and products.
- You need to copyright your book before self-publishing to protect it from plagiarism.
- It usually takes several months for the U.S. Copyright Office to process a request to copyright a work.
- The author had the opportunity to copyright her novel after it won first prize in a national writing competition.