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signalize |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Signalize \Sig"nal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signalized}; p. pr & vb n. {Signalizing}.] [From {Signal}, a.] 1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. --Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as a ship signalizes its consort. 3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of by a signal; as to signalize the arrival of a steamer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: signalize v 1: provide with traffic signals, as of an intersection 2: converse silently and non-verbally; converse in sign language; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin" [syn: {sign}, {signal}] 3: point out carefully and clearly [syn: {point out}] 4: make conspicuous [syn: {distinguish}]
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