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particularize
- /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹaɪz/ UK
- /pɚˈtɪkjələɹaɪz/ US
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English particular
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English particularize
From particular + -ize.
verb particularizes · particularizing · particularized · particularise
- 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 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.
- To differentiate, make distinct from others.
Similar: explicitize, specify, severalize
