signalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to make notable or conspicuous.
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to point out or indicate particularly.
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to equip (a particular traffic crossing or an entire transportation route) with traffic signals.
verb
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to make noteworthy or conspicuous
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to point out carefully
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Soon the Duke will step within, open Parliament, signalize that the world has a new Great Capital.
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Nationwide rallies and memorial services would signalize their Week, beginning Oct.
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Piece de resistance of Orchestra Conductor Meyer Davis' repertoire was "Moonlight on the Santa Clara," which he composed himself and dedicated to Allan Hoover to signalize the occasion.
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It was to signalize the most famed of Miss Peck's exploits that the Peruvian Government in 1908 named the northern peak of Mount Huascaran Cumbre Ana Peck.
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The Wars which signalize the new period, contrast deeply with those which heretofore tore the land.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
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