Marked

marked
    adj 1: strongly marked; easily noticeable; "walked with a marked
           limp"; "a pronounced flavor of cinnamon" [syn: {marked},
           {pronounced}]
    2: singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate; "a
       marked man"
    3: having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as
       specified; often used in combination; "played with marked
       cards"; "a scar-marked face"; "well-marked roads" [ant:
       {unmarked}]
    

Marked \Marked\ (m[aum]rkt), a.
   Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence;
   noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a
   marked instance. -- {Mark"ed*ly}, adv. --J. S. Mill.
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   {A marked man}, a man who is noted by a community, or by a
      part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually
      with an unfavorable suggestion.
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Mark \Mark\ (m[aum]rk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marked}
   (m[aum]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Marking}.] [OE. marken, merken,
   AS. mearcian, from mearc. See {Mark} the sign.]
   1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to
      make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of
      merchandise; to mark clothing.
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   2. To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used
      literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the
      spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him
      for a leader.
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   3. To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or
      any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his
      hobnails marked the floor.
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   4. To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark
      the points in a game of billiards or cards.
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   5. To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note
      of; to remark; to heed; to regard; as, mark my words.
      "Mark the perfect man." --Ps. xxxvii. 37.
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   {To mark out}.
      (a) To designate, as by a mark; to select; as, the
          ringleaders were marked out for punishment.
      (b) To obliterate or cancel with a mark; as, to mark out
          an item in an account.

   {To mark time} (Mil.), to keep the time of a marching step by
      moving the legs alternately without advancing.
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   Syn: To note; remark; notice; observe; regard; heed; show;
        evince; indicate; point out; betoken; denote;
        characterize; stamp; imprint; impress; brand.
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142 Moby Thesaurus words for "marked":
      a cut above, above, acclaimed, ahead, appalling, apparent,
      appointed, appropriate, arresting, ascendant, astonishing, better,
      capping, carved, celebrated, characteristic, chosen, considerable,
      conspicuous, creased, cut, decided, destined, devoted, distinctive,
      distinguished, doomed, eclipsing, egregious, eminent, enchased,
      engraved, esteemed, estimable, evident, exceeding, excellent,
      excelling, exceptional, extraordinary, fabled, fabulous, famed,
      famous, fantastic, far-famed, far-heard, fatal, fated, fateful,
      finer, foredoomed, formidable, furrowed, glyphic, graved, graven,
      greater, grooved, higher, honored, idiocratic, idiosyncratic,
      impressed, imprinted, in ascendancy, in character, in store,
      in the ascendant, in the cards, incised, incredible, inevitable,
      inscribed, insculptured, intrinsic, legendary, lined, major,
      marvelous, memorable, much acclaimed, mythical, noble, notable,
      noted, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obvious, of choice,
      of mark, of note, one up on, ordained, outstanding, over, patent,
      peculiar, pointed, popular, prestigious, printed, prominent,
      pronounced, proper, quintessential, rare, remarkable, rememberable,
      renowned, reputable, rivaling, salient, sculptured, signal,
      significant, single, singular, special, stamped, striking, super,
      superior, surpassing, talked-about, talked-of, telling, tooled,
      topping, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, true to form,
      uncommon, unforgettable, unique, unmistakable, upper, well-known,
      wonderful, written