particularize
Collocations
3ADJ.
daily
VERB + PARTICULARIZE
descend, work
PARTICULARIZE + NOUN
item
Definitions
verb
To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.
To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify.
'Tis hard I confesse, yet I have disposed of them as I could, and will descend to particularize them according to their species.
Twice we find him, not only boasting of his Parentage, as an Israelite at large, but particularizing his Descent from the Tribe of Benjamin.
To differentiate, make distinct from others.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — be specific about
- specify
- particularise
- specialize
- specialise
Antonyms
- generalize
- generalise
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3'Tis hard I confesse, yet I have disposed of them as I could, and will descend to particularize them according to their species.
WiktionaryTwice we find him, not only boasting of his Parentage, as an Israelite at large, but particularizing his Descent from the Tribe of Benjamin.
WiktionaryNow it is his daily work to particularize, item by item, the iniquities of the system, and the petty manifestations of the tyranny here in Arras.
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