单词 | singularize |
释义 | singularizev. 1. transitive. To mark conspicuously; to make distinct or conspicuous; to distinguish, signalize. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > identify or distinguish [verb (transitive)] > conspicuously singularize1593 signalize1698 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 60 If any thing miraculously singularizeth witt, it is Impudence. 1645 J. Goodwin Innocency & Truth Triumphing 35 Separated from all its fellows by this parenthesis of preferment,..and one other of them..singularized with this parenthesis. 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 402 There is not a word there expressing any distinction..to any other Apostle, much lesse singularizing each of them distinctly. 1704 tr. A. de Ovalle Of Kingdom of Chile in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. III. 2/2 It has some Properties which do..singularize it. 1735 J. Hughes tr. Fontenelle Dial. (ed. 3) iii. iv. 145 True Wisdom wou'd too much distinguish and singularize its Possessors. 1894 Voice (N.Y.) 20 Dec. 6/3 He was a Capet, a family name singularized by the recurrence of these warrior prelates. 2. To make singular or one; to individualize; to convert into the singular number. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > make or reduce to one [verb (transitive)] singularize1663 single1824 1663 E. Sparke Θυσιαστηριον (ed. 3) 337 What is the meaning of this hymn so trebled, so singularized, but three distinct Persons, yet one onely Lord God? 1694 R. Burthogge Ess. Reason 154 The Great Work..of the Body is to Singularize and Individuate the General Vital Principle of the Universe. 1828 H. D. Best Italy 404 The situation of Baia, the moderns have singularized the name, is preferable to that of Naples. Derivatives ˈsingularized adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individualized individuate1606 singularized1614 individuated1645 individualized1817 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. 247 Thus we..speake of the Church indefinitely taken,..not appropriated to any indiuiduall, or singularized person. ˈsingularizing adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > individualizing individuating1614 singularizing1657 individuativea1726 individualizing1814 1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 415 Where no such distinction or singularizing expression was found. singulariˈzation n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > number > singular > conversion into singularization1889 1889 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 7 310/2 Your correspondent asks for examples of ignorant singularization. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1593 |
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