Signalizing

2 definitions found

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

  Signalize \Sig"nal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signalized}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Signalizing}.] [From {Signal}, a.]
     1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from
        what is common; to distinguish.
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              It is this passion which drives men to all the ways
              we see in use of signalizing themselves. --Burke.
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     2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
        signalizes its consort.
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     3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a
        signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "signalizing":
     connotative, demonstrative, denominative, denotative, designative,
     diagnostic, emblematic, evidential, exhibitive, expressive,
     figural, figurative, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic,
     implicative, indicating, indicative, indicatory, individual,
     meaningful, metaphorical, naming, pathognomonic, peculiar,
     representative, semantic, semiotic, significant, significative,
     signifying, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic, symbological,
     symptomatic, symptomatologic, typical