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or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder.

A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.

Characteristic.

In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.

The act or process of characterizing.

ake with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot.

Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force.

The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark. Fairies use flowers for their charactery. Shak.

A character which obeys Mendel's law in regard to its hereditary transmission.

To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori.

Characterized by aberration.

Characterized by abirritation or debility.

Abnormal; irregular. Hallam. A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials.

y supplied; -- followed by in or with. To abound in, to posses in such abundance as to be characterized by. -- To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great numbers. Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. It abounds with cabinets of curiositie…

id process. Cold abscess, an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.

Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining. Farrar.

The state of being abstracted; abstract character.