Specifying

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

  Specify \Spec"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Specified}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Specifying}.] [F. sp['e]cifier, or OF. especifier,
     fr. LL. specificare. See {Species}, {-fy}.]
     To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in
     words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify
     the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.


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           He has there given us an exact geography of Greece,
           where the countries and the uses of their soils are
           specified.                               --Pope.
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