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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Examples
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Only a human being can individuate, which is to say, achieve a destiny which is unique to him.
No quarrel over teaching Darwin's theory of Evolution in schools in India Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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Only a human being can individuate, which is to say, achieve a destiny which is unique to him.
Archive 2008-01-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008
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Fathers, he says, help the child "individuate"; they are more willing than mothers to let a child out of their sight, and on average will let a baby crawl as much as twice as far before retrieving her.
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This is why humans don't tend to blush until about age two, right around the same time they "individuate" and realize they are not the same person as mom and dad.
Uakari Monkey & The Origin of Blushing Field Notes 2007
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This is why humans don't tend to blush until about age two, right around the same time they "individuate" and realize they are not the same person as mom and dad.
Archive 2007-05-01 Field Notes 2007
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Is this about their schoolwork, or perhaps part of their need to separate and individuate from you?
Darryl Sollerh: The Dancing Parent: Navigating Homework Hell, Part 2 Darryl Sollerh 2010
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Is this about their schoolwork, or perhaps part of their need to separate and individuate from you?
Darryl Sollerh: The Dancing Parent: Navigating Homework Hell, Part 2 Darryl Sollerh 2010
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Is this about their schoolwork, or perhaps part of their need to separate and individuate from you?
Darryl Sollerh: The Dancing Parent: Navigating Homework Hell, Part 2 Darryl Sollerh 2010
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Is this about their schoolwork, or perhaps part of their need to separate and individuate from you?
Darryl Sollerh: The Dancing Parent: Navigating Homework Hell, Part 2 Darryl Sollerh 2010
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Is this about their schoolwork, or perhaps part of their need to separate and individuate from you?
Darryl Sollerh: The Dancing Parent: Navigating Homework Hell, Part 2 Darryl Sollerh 2010
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As these children get older, parents may assume there’s no reason to scale back their involvement, Dr. Steinberg wrote in his book, and it can be tough when children “individuate,” or introduce a little emotional distance.
ecbrenner commented on the word individuate
"Give individual character to" --WordNet
February 20, 2009
vanishedone commented on the word individuate
Er... you do know WordNet is the source for the definition next to the word above, right?
February 20, 2009
mollusque commented on the word individuate
inDIVIDuatE
June 15, 2009