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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARTIC'ULARIZE, v.t. To mention distinctly or in particulars; to enumerate or specify in detail.
He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite,but particularizes his descent from Benjamin.
PARTIC'ULARIZE, v.i. To be attentive to single things.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" [syn: specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise] [ant: generalise, generalize]

Merriam Webster's

verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1593 transitive verb to state in detail ; specify intransitive verb to go into details

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) tr. (also absol.) 1 name specially or one by one. 2 specify (items). Derivatives: particularization n. Etymology: F particulariser (as PARTICULAR)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Particularize Par*tic"u*lar*ize, v. i. To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(particularizes, particularizing, particularized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'particularise' If you particularize something that you have been talking about in a general way, you give details or specific examples of it. (FORMAL) Mr Johnson particularizes the general points he wants to make... A farmer is entitled to a certain particularized tax treatment. VERB: V n, V-ed, also V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Specify, mention in detail, set forth minutely. II. v. n. Be particular, descend to particulars, mention particulars.

Moby Thesaurus

adduce, amplify, analyze, anatomize, atomize, be precise, call to mind, change, chop logic, circumstantiate, cite, cite a particular, demonstrate, descant, descend to particulars, desynonymize, detail, develop, difference, differentiate, dilate, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, distinguish, diversify, divide, document, elaborate, enlarge, enlarge upon, enter into detail, enumerate, evolve, example, exemplify, expand, expatiate, explicate, give a for-instance, give full particulars, illustrate, individualize, individuate, instance, inventory, itemize, list, make a distinction, make precise, mark, mark off, mark out, modify, name, peculiarize, personalize, precise, quote, refine a distinction, rehearse in extenso, relate at large, segregate, separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, specialize, specify, spell out, split hairs, stipulate, substantiate, unfold, vary, work out