CHARACTERISE

qualify, characterize, characterise

(verb) describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; “You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist”; “This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover”

characterize, characterise

(verb) be characteristic of; “What characterizes a Venetian painting?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

characterise (third-person singular simple present characterises, present participle characterising, simple past and past participle characterised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of characterize.

Anagrams

• characteries

Source: Wiktionary



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