"particularize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹaɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚˈtɪkjələɹaɪz/ [General-American] Forms: particularizes [present, singular, third-person], particularizing [participle, present], particularized [participle, past], particularized [past]
Etymology: From particular + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|particular|ize}} particular + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} particularize (third-person singular simple present particularizes, present participle particularizing, simple past and past participle particularized)
  1. (transitive) To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to restrict to a specific case): set apart
    Sense id: en-particularize-en-verb-JTWOyB64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 52 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 50 37 13 Disambiguation of 'to restrict to a specific case': 82 13 5
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms (to go into detail): clarify
    Sense id: en-particularize-en-verb-Qa6QkYm0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 52 6 Disambiguation of 'to go into detail': 11 86 3
  3. (intransitive) To differentiate, make distinct from others. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to make distinct from others): distinguish
    Sense id: en-particularize-en-verb-9QyVMTpM Disambiguation of 'to make distinct from others': 15 8 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: segregate, explicitize, specify, severalize, differentiate, particularise

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1709 December 6, Francis Atterbury, A Sermon preached before the Sons of the Clergy, at their Anniversary-Meeting in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Dec 6, 1709; published in Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, 8th edition, volume 2, sermon 8, 1766, pages 256–257",
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