distinguish
verb (used with object)
to mark off as different (often followed by from orby ).
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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On which occasion, as on every other, I have no doubt he will have distinguished himself as an irresistibly attracting, captivating May-Roon-Ti-Groon-Ter.
From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 by Georgina Hogarth