particularize
verb (used with object)
to make particular.
particularise
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a variation of
particularize.
Example Sentences
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The number and the small individual size of these works make it impossible to particularise them here.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
She could not indeed particularise any one, but said that sometimes Fuenvicouil amused himself with squeezing water out of that stone there, pointing to a rock lying near the door.
From Notes and Queries, Number 217, December 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
One potent charm, however, we are constrained to particularise, since its infallibility was mainly dependent on the needlewoman’s skill.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
He did not particularise them, but said that naturally, in a situation of such novelty, he found considerable difficulties to contend with.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Charles Greville
So does picking pockets, and so do some other kinds of human energy which I need not particularise.
From Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II by Leslie Stephen
