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Webster 1913 Edition
Particularize
Par-tic′u-lar-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Particularized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Particularizing
.] [Cf. F.
particulariser
.] To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail.
[Also spelled
particularise
.] He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but
particularizes
his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury.
Par-tic′u-lar-ize
,Verb.
I.
To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial;
as, to
. particularize
in a narrativeWebster 1828 Edition
Particularize
PARTIC'ULARIZE
,Verb.
T.
He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite,but particularizes his descent from Benjamin.
PARTIC'ULARIZE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
particularize
particularize
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Alternative forms
Verb
particularize (third-person singular simple present particularizes, present participle particularizing, simple past and past participle particularized)
- (transitive) To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.
- (transitive, intransitive) To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.2.1:
- I have disposed of them as I could, and will descend to particularize them according to their species.
- Atterbury
- He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 110:
- 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.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iii.2.1:
- (intransitive) To differentiate, make distinct from others.