specificate
verbEtymology From specific + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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Obsolete To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify.
- As it [the inward action of the soul] hath an Operation vvithout the Concurrence of the Body, ſo it is that vvhich doth Specificate all the External Actions, and gives them their true denomination of Good or Evil.a. 1677 (date written; published 1696), Matthew Hale, “The Knowledge of Christ Crucified. Part II.”, in Contemplations Moral and Divine. The Third Part. […], 2nd edition, London: […] William Shrowsbury, […], published 1700, →OCLC, pages 79–80:
- Derived terms
- despecificate