# Hansardize

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To confront a Member of Parliament with his former opinions as recorded in his speeches in Hansard.

## Etymology
From Hansard + -ize. The term was popularised and possibly coined by Thomas Henry Huxley. According to Sydney D. Bailey, the term had fallen out of use by the 1950s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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