particularize
verb/pəˈtɪkjʊləɹaɪz/UK/pɚˈtɪkjələɹaɪz/US
Etymology
From particular + -ize.
- derived from particula
- derived from particularis
- derived from particuler
- derived from particuler
- inherited from particuler
Definitions
To make particular, as opposed to general
To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.
To be specific about (individual instances)
To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify.
- 'Tis hard I confesse, yet I have disposed of them as I could, and will descend to particularize them according to their species.
- Twice we find him, not only boasting of his Parentage, as an Israelite at large, but particularizing his Descent from the Tribe of Benjamin.
- Now it is his daily work to particularize, item by item, the iniquities of the system, and the petty manifestations of the tyranny here in Arras.
To differentiate, make distinct from others.
The neighborhood
- synonymsegregate
- synonymexplicitize
- synonymspecify
- synonymseveralize
- synonymdifferentiate
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA