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Particular \Par*tic"u*lar\, a. [OE. particuler, F. particulier,
L. particularis. See {Particle}.]
1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a
part separated from the whole or from others of the class;
separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the
particular stars of a constellation. --Shak.
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[Make] each particular hair to stand an end,
Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. --Shak.
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Seken in every halk and every herne
Particular sciences for to lerne. --Chaucer.
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2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing;
belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence,
personal; peculiar; singular. "Thine own particular
wrongs." --Shak.
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Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular
juice out of the earth. --Bacon.
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3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority;
distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special;
as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular
belle of the party.
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4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute;
circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account
of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man
particular in his dress.
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5. (Law)
(a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular
estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder.
(b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant.
--Blackstone.
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6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in
extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as,
a particular proposition; -- opposed to {universal}: e. g.
(particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular
negative) Some men are not wise.
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{Particular average}. See under {Average}.
{Particular Baptist}, one of a branch of the Baptist
denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a
particular or individual election and reprobation.
{Particular lien} (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a
thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or
connected with, that particular thing.
{Particular redemption}, the doctrine that the purpose, act,
and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited
number of the human race. See {Calvinism}.
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Syn: Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar;
especial; exact; specific; precise; critical;
circumstantial. See {Minute}.
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