Individualize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Individualize \In`di*vid"u*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Individualized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Individualizing}.] [Cf. F.
     individualiser.]
     To mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by
     peculiar properties; to invest with individuality; to give
     distinctive character to; to make distinctive; to enable


     differentiation from others of similar type; -- of properties
     of things.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
           The peculiarities which individualize and distinguish
           the humor of Addison.                    --N. Drake.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. to render (a product or service) suitable to each
        individual person by varying to some degree its
        characteristics; to personalize.
  
     Syn: personalize, individualize, make personal, make more
          personal.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. To consider individually; to mention each individual.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  individualize
       v 1: make or mark aor treat as individual; "The sounds were
            individualized by sharpness and tone" [syn: {individualise}]
       2: make personal or more personal; "personalized service" [syn:
           {personalize}, {personalise}, {individualise}] [ant: {depersonalize},
           {depersonalize}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "individualize":
     analyze, anatomize, atomize, change, chop logic,
     descend to particulars, desynonymize, detail, difference,
     differentiate, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, distinguish,
     diversify, divide, individuate, itemize, make a distinction, mark,
     mark off, mark out, modify, particularize, peculiarize,
     personalize, precise, quality, refine a distinction, segregate,
     separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, signalize,
     specialize, spell out, split hairs, vary