particularise v 1: be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" [syn: {specify}, {particularize}, {particularise}, {specialize}, {specialise}] [ant: {generalise}, {generalize}]
particularise \particularise\ v. t. Same as {particularize}. [Chiefly Brit.] [PJC] particularised
Particularize \Par*tic"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Particularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Particularizing}.] [Cf. F. particulariser.] To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. [Also spelled {particularise}.] [1913 Webster] He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]