About The Word Characterize
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Characterize
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What's The Definition Of Characterize?
[v] 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"
[v] be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?" Synonyms | Synonyms for Characterize: characterise | characterise | qualify Related Terms | Find terms related to Characterize: adumbrate | argue | be characteristic | be indicative of | be significant of | be symptomatic of | bespeak | betoken | block out | brand | bring to life | catch a likeness | chalk out | character | chart | connote | define | delineate | demarcate | denominate | denote | depict | describe | diagram | differentiate | disclose | display | distinguish | draft | draw | earmark | entail | evoke | express | give evidence | give token | give words to | highlight | hint | hit off | identify | indicate | individualize | individuate | involve | keynote | label | limn | manifest | map | mark | mark off | mark out | mean | notate | note | outline | paint | peculiarize | personalize | picture | picturize | portray | print | qualify | register | render | represent | reveal | rough out | rub | schematize | set apart | set forth | set the pace | set the tone | show | signalize | signify | skeleton | sketch | sound the keynote | stand for | suggest | symbolize | symptomatize | symptomize | take a rubbing | testify | trace | trace out | trace over | write See Also | define | differentiate | differentiate | distinguish | distinguish | individuate | mark | mark | remember | stamp | think of Characterize In Webster's Dictionary \Char"ac*ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Characterized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Characterizing}.] [LL.
characterizare, Gr. ?: cf. F. charact['e]riser.]
1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or
traits; to make with distinctive features.
European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian
faces are Characterized. --Arbuthnot.
2. To engrave or imprint. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
3. To indicate the character of; to describe.
Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to
characterize King William. --Johnson.
4. To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the
character of.
The softness and effeminacy which characterize the
men of rank in most countries. --W. Irving.
Syn: To describe; distinguish; mark; designate; style;
particularize; entitle.
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