peculiarize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

peculiar +‎ -ize

Verb[edit]

peculiarize (third-person singular simple present peculiarizes, present participle peculiarizing, simple past and past participle peculiarized)

  1. (transitive) To make peculiar; to set apart or assign as an exclusive possession.
    • 1666, John Smith, King Solomon's Portraiture of Old Age:
      meddle with those matters that are peculiarized to another coat

References[edit]

peculiarize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.