Definition of characterize

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Characterize (v. t.) To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of..

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Blebby :: Blebby (a.) Containing blebs, or characterized by blebs; as, blebby glass..
Lobar :: Lobar (a.) Of or pertaining to a lobe; characterized by, or like, a lobe or lobes..
Epoch :: Epoch (n.) A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period.
Mimetical :: Mimetical () Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry..
Courageous :: Courageous (a.) Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold..
Troubadour :: Troubadour (n.) One of a school of poets who flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth century, principally in Provence, in the south of France, and also in the north of Italy. They invented, and especially cultivated, a kind of lyrical poetry characterized by intricacy of meter and rhyme, and usually of a romantic, amatory strain..
Xeroderma :: Xeroderma (n.) A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin..
Ssociable :: SSociable (a.) Affording opportunites for conversation; characterized by much conversation; as, a sociable party..
Sesqyipedality :: Sesqyipedality (n.) The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
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..
Perfunctory :: Perfunctory (a.) Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions..
Malaria :: Malaria (n.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals..
Agenesic :: Agenesic (a.) Characterized by sterility; infecund.
Slushy :: Slushy (a.) Abounding in slush; characterized by soft mud or half-melted snow; as, the streets are slushy; the snow is slushy..
Hodgkin''s Disease :: Hodgkin's disease () A morbid condition characterized by progressive anaemia and enlargement of the lymphatic glands; -- first described by Dr. Hodgkin, an English physician..
Flagitious :: Flagitious (a.) Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times..
Ascetic :: Ascetic (n.) In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things..
Oratorical :: Oratorical (a.) Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay..
Principle :: Principle (n.) Any original inherent constituent which characterizes a substance, or gives it its essential properties, and which can usually be separated by analysis; -- applied especially to drugs, plant extracts, etc..
Tenebrose :: Tenebrose (a.) Characterized by darkness or gloom; tenebrous.
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