CHARACTERIZE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot.

2.
v.

To engrave or imprint. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

3.
v.

To indicate the character of; to describe. Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to characterize King William. Johnson.

4.
v.

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.

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