individualize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
individualize
    v 1: make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were
         individualized by sharpness and tone" [syn:
         {individualize}, {individualise}]
    2: make personal or more personal; "personalized service" [syn:
       {personalize}, {personalise}, {individualize},
       {individualise}] [ant: {depersonalise}, {depersonalize},
       {objectify}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Individualize \In`di*vid"u*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Individualized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Individualizing}.] [Cf. F.
   individualiser.]
   To mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by
   peculiar properties; to invest with individuality; to give
   distinctive character to; to make distinctive; to enable
   differentiation from others of similar type; -- of properties
   of things.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

         The peculiarities which individualize and distinguish
         the humor of Addison.                    --N. Drake.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. to render (a product or service) suitable to each
      individual person by varying to some degree its
      characteristics; to personalize.

   Syn: personalize, individualize, make personal, make more
        personal.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. To consider individually; to mention each individual.
      [PJC]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "individualize":
      analyze, anatomize, atomize, change, chop logic,
      descend to particulars, desynonymize, detail, difference,
      differentiate, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, distinguish,
      diversify, divide, individuate, itemize, make a distinction, mark,
      mark off, mark out, modify, particularize, peculiarize,
      personalize, precise, quality, refine a distinction, segregate,
      separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, signalize,
      specialize, spell out, split hairs, vary

    

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