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peculiarize

American  
[pi-kyool-yuh-rahyz] / pɪˈkyul yəˌraɪz /
especially British, peculiarise

verb (used with object)

peculiarized, peculiarizing

  1. to make peculiar, unusual, distinguished, etc.

Etymology

Origin of peculiarize

First recorded in 1615–25; peculiar + -ize

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There is no doubt that the primary purpose of Circumcision was to peculiarize the Jews by an indelible visible sign; and it was as necessary that Jewish infants should be known to be Jews as Jewish men.

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