"specify" meaning in Scots

See specify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English specifie, from Old French specefier, from Latin specifico. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sco|enm|specifie|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English specifie, {{inh+|sco|enm|specifie}} Inherited from Middle English specifie, {{der|sco|fro|specefier}} Old French specefier, {{der|sco|la|specifico}} Latin specifico Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|specifies/specifieis|present participle|specifyand|simple past|specifeit/specified|past participle|specifeit/specified|head=}} specify (third-person singular simple present specifies/specifieis, present participle specifyand, simple past specifeit/specified, past participle specifeit/specified), {{sco-verb|specifies/specifieis|specifyand|specifeit/specified}} specify (third-person singular simple present specifies/specifieis, present participle specifyand, simple past specifeit/specified, past participle specifeit/specified) Inflection templates: {{sco-conj-table-wk|specify|specif|specife|pp=specif|pt=specif}} Forms: specifies [present, singular, third-person], specifieis [present, singular, third-person], specifyand [participle, present], specifeit [past], specified [past], specifeit [participle, past], specified [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], specify [infinitive], to specify [infinitive], specify [first-person, present, singular], specifit [first-person, preterite, singular], specifed [first-person, preterite, singular], specify [present, second-person, singular], specifit [preterite, second-person, singular], specifed [preterite, second-person, singular], specifeis [present, singular, third-person], specifit [preterite, singular, third-person], specifed [preterite, singular, third-person], specify [plural, present], specifit [plural, preterite], specifed [plural, preterite], specify (ȝow)! [present, singular], specify (þow)! [plural, present], specifyng (-ing) [present], specifand [present], specifande [present]
  1. (Middle Scots, transitive) to set down or state (something) explicitly, relate in detail, name or mention particularly (in a document, council, etc.) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-specify-sco-verb-YcyVxvHb Categories (other): Middle Scots, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 69 31
  2. (Middle Scots, transitive) to invest with a specific character Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-specify-sco-verb-GELDIMK1 Categories (other): Middle Scots
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: specifie

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