INDIVIDUALIZE

personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise

(verb) make personal or more personal; “personalized service”

individualize, individualise

(verb) make or mark or treat as individual; “The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

individualize (third-person singular simple present individualizes, present participle individualizing, simple past and past participle individualized)

To give something its own individuality; to characterize or differentiate.

To modify something to suit an individual; to personalize.

Source: Wiktionary


In`di*vid"u*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Individualized; p. pr. & vb. n. Individualizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. individualiser.]

Definition: The mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality. The peculiarities which individualize and distinguish the humor of Addison. N. Drake.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FELLOW

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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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