To “write a person up” in a paper.
1764. I will paragraph you in every news paper; you shall no longer impose on the world; I will unmask you.—Foote, ‘The Patron,’ iii. (N.E.D.).
1824. One or two propugnacious grubs have recently paragraphed us most desperately.—Nantucket Inquirer, Jan. 5.
