particularize
to make particular.
to mention or indicate specifically; specify.
to state or treat in detail.
to speak or treat particularly or specifically.
Origin of particularize
1- Also especially British, par·tic·u·lar·ise .
Other words from particularize
- par·tic·u·lar·i·za·tion, noun
- par·tic·u·lar·iz·er, noun
- un·par·tic·u·lar·ized, adjective
- un·par·tic·u·lar·iz·ing, adjective
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How to use particularize in a sentence
In compound words it is the first term that defines or particularises the second.
A Handbook of the English Language | Robert Gordon LathamThe combination of these two particularises the Absolute matter.
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia | Muhammad IqbalHe particularises twelve cities, but their names are scarcely identifiable with any now known.
There were wines; but the writer only particularises them as white and red.
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine | William Carew Hazlitt
British Dictionary definitions for particularize
particularise
/ (pəˈtɪkjʊləˌraɪz) /
to treat in detail; give details (about)
(intr) to go into detail
Derived forms of particularize
- particularization or particularisation, noun
- particularizer or particulariser, noun
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