particularize

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Catullus says "the floweret,"—flosculus: Ariosto particularises the rose,—the bel giardin, "the beautiful garden," stands for septis in hortis, the enclosed.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various

Of the former he particularises two, the position of which would nearly correspond with the Bay of Trincomalie and the harbour of Colombo.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Amongst the objects, the introduction of which was eagerly encouraged in Ceylon, Cosmas particularises horses from Persia; the traders in which were exempted from the payment of customs.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Wafer does not mention either the joining company with the French Buccaneers, or the plunder of Guayaquil; and particularises few of his adventures.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James

In compound words it is the first term that defines or particularises the second.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)