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signalize

American  
[sig-nl-ahyz] / ˈsɪg nlˌaɪz /
especially British, signalise

verb (used with object)

signalized, signalizing
  1. to make notable or conspicuous.

  2. to point out or indicate particularly.

  3. to equip (a particular traffic crossing or an entire transportation route) with traffic signals.


signalize British  
/ ˈsɪɡnəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to make noteworthy or conspicuous

  2. to point out carefully

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of signalize

First recorded in 1645–55; signal + -ize

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Soon the Duke will step within, open Parliament, signalize that the world has a new Great Capital.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nationwide rallies and memorial services would signalize their Week, beginning Oct.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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