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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Specify \Spec"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Specified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Specifying}.] [F. sp['e]cifier, or OF. especifier,
fr. LL. specificare. See {Species}, {-fy}.]
To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in
words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify
the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
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He has there given us an exact geography of Greece,
where the countries and the uses of their soils are
specified. --Pope.
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