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Webster 1913 Edition

Specify

Spec′i-fy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Specified
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Specifying
.]
[F.
spécifier
, or OF.
especifier
, fr. LL.
specificare
. See
Species
,
-fy
.]
To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things;
as, to
specify
the uses of a plant; to
specify
articles purchased
.
He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are
specified
.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Specify

SPEC'IFY

,
Verb.
T.
To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish a thing from every other; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify the articles one wants to purchase. He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are specified.

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