Specifying

Specifying
Specify Spec"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Specified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Specifying}.] [F. sp['e]cifier, or OF. especifier, fr. LL. specificare. See {Species}, {-fy}.] To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased. [1913 Webster]

He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are specified. --Pope. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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