PARTICULARIZE

specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise

(verb) be specific about; “Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

particularize (third-person singular simple present particularizes, present participle particularizing, simple past and past participle particularized)

(transitive) To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.

(transitive, intransitive) To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify.

(intransitive) To differentiate, make distinct from others.

Synonyms

• (to restrict to a specific case): set apart; see also segregate

• (to go into detail): clarify, explicitize; specify

• (to make distinct from others): distinguish, severalize; see also differentiate

Source: Wiktionary

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Par*tic"u*lar*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Particularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Particularizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. particulariser.]

Definition: To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury.

Par*tic"u*lar*ize, v. i.

Definition: To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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