Definition of characterize

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Characterize (v. t.) To engrave or imprint.

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Tenesmic :: Tenesmic (a.) Of or pertaining to tenesmus; characterized by tenesmus.
Ethereal :: Ethereal (a.) Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc..
Breezy :: Breezy (a.) Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy..
Tetrapod :: Tetrapod (n.) An insect characterized by having but four perfect legs, as certain of the butterflies..
Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach..
Courteous :: Courteous (a.) Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant..
Draft :: Draft (a.) Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught..
Colloid :: Colloid (a.) Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors..
Longirostres :: Longirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds characterized by having long slender bills, as the sandpipers, curlews, and ibises. It is now regarded as an artificial division..
Huffy :: Huffy (a.) Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
Erudite :: Erudite (a.) Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned.
Slushy :: Slushy (a.) Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy..
Insulting :: Insulting (a.) Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc..
Licentious :: Licentious (a.) Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press..
Digitated :: Digitated (a.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation..
Apposition :: Apposition (n.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first..
Stridor :: Strident (a.) Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill.
Impennate :: Impennate (a.) Characterized by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as the penguins..
Jaundice :: "Jaundice (n.) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the stomach, loss of appetite, and general languor and lassitude. It is caused usually by obstruction of the biliary passages and consequent damming up, in the liver, of the bile, which is then absorbed into the blood..
Acrocephalic :: Acrocephalic (a.) Characterized by a high skull.
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