Definition of "cross-index" []

• To index (a particular item) under more than one heading. (verb-transitive)
• To furnish (an index in a book, for example) with cross-references. (verb-transitive)
• To furnish cross-references. (verb-intransitive)

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• "On top of this, ambition being directly proportional to the sense that there was virtually no end to the library that could be embedded here, we decided to key in all the critical literature discussing Frankenstein and similarly cross-index its references both to the novel and to other critical articles."
• "Then, it occurred to us that we could cross-index all this material, so that when the"
• "These match-ups happen because it is common for BBC producers to keep Sellotaped notebooks, and now digital files, that cross-index subjects with possible contributors."