Marked

4 definitions found

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

  Marked \Marked\ (m[aum]rkt), a.
     Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence;
     noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a
     marked instance. -- {Mark"ed*ly}, adv. --J. S. Mill.
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     {A marked man}, a man who is noted by a community, or by a
        part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually
        with an unfavorable suggestion.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mark \Mark\ (m[aum]rk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marked}
     (m[aum]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Marking}.] [OE. marken, merken,
     AS. mearcian, from mearc. See {Mark} the sign.]
     1. To put a mark upon; to affix a significant mark to; to
        make recognizable by a mark; as, to mark a box or bale of
        merchandise; to mark clothing.
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     2. To be a mark upon; to designate; to indicate; -- used
        literally and figuratively; as, this monument marks the
        spot where Wolfe died; his courage and energy marked him
        for a leader.
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     3. To leave a trace, scratch, scar, or other mark, upon, or
        any evidence of action; as, a pencil marks paper; his
        hobnails marked the floor.
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     4. To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark
        the points in a game of billiards or cards.
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     5. To notice or observe; to give attention to; to take note
        of; to remark; to heed; to regard; as, mark my words.
        "Mark the perfect man." --Ps. xxxvii. 37.
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     {To mark out}.
        (a) To designate, as by a mark; to select; as, the
            ringleaders were marked out for punishment.
        (b) To obliterate or cancel with a mark; as, to mark out
            an item in an account.
  
     {To mark time} (Mil.), to keep the time of a marching step by
        moving the legs alternately without advancing.
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     Syn: To note; remark; notice; observe; regard; heed; show;
          evince; indicate; point out; betoken; denote;
          characterize; stamp; imprint; impress; brand.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  marked
       adj 1: strongly marked; easily noticeable; "walked with a marked
              limp"; "a pronounced flavor of cinnamon" [syn: {pronounced}]
       2: singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate; "a
          marked man"
       3: having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as
          specified; often used in combination; "played with marked
          cards"; "a scar-marked face"; "well-marked roads" [ant: {unmarked}]

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

  142 Moby Thesaurus words for "marked":
     a cut above, above, acclaimed, ahead, appalling, apparent,
     appointed, appropriate, arresting, ascendant, astonishing, better,
     capping, carved, celebrated, characteristic, chosen, considerable,
     conspicuous, creased, cut, decided, destined, devoted, distinctive,
     distinguished, doomed, eclipsing, egregious, eminent, enchased,
     engraved, esteemed, estimable, evident, exceeding, excellent,
     excelling, exceptional, extraordinary, fabled, fabulous, famed,
     famous, fantastic, far-famed, far-heard, fatal, fated, fateful,
     finer, foredoomed, formidable, furrowed, glyphic, graved, graven,
     greater, grooved, higher, honored, idiocratic, idiosyncratic,
     impressed, imprinted, in ascendancy, in character, in store,
     in the ascendant, in the cards, incised, incredible, inevitable,
     inscribed, insculptured, intrinsic, legendary, lined, major,
     marvelous, memorable, much acclaimed, mythical, noble, notable,
     noted, noteworthy, noticeable, notorious, obvious, of choice,
     of mark, of note, one up on, ordained, outstanding, over, patent,
     peculiar, pointed, popular, prestigious, printed, prominent,
     pronounced, proper, quintessential, rare, remarkable, rememberable,
     renowned, reputable, rivaling, salient, sculptured, signal,
     significant, single, singular, special, stamped, striking, super,
     superior, surpassing, talked-about, talked-of, telling, tooled,
     topping, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, true to form,
     uncommon, unforgettable, unique, unmistakable, upper, well-known,
     wonderful, written