Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To give individuality to; individualize.
  • transitive verb To form into a separate, distinct entity.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To make individual; give the character of individuality to; discriminate or mark as distinct; individualize.
  • Undivided; indivisible.
  • In metaphysics, rendered individual; brought down from the ideal world of forms to the world of individual existence; individuated.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Undivided.
  • transitive verb To distinguish from others of the species; to endow with individuality; to divide into individuals; to discriminate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To make, or cause to appear, individual.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb give individual shape or form to
  • verb give individual character to

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  • "Give individual character to" --WordNet

    February 20, 2009

  • Er... you do know WordNet is the source for the definition next to the word above, right?

    February 20, 2009

  • inDIVIDuatE

    June 15, 2009