specialize
/ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To become distinct or separate from what is common, particularly
American usage; Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Firſt laſh the Great-ones ; but, if thou be wiſe, / In generall, and doe not ſpeciallize : / Yet, if thou doe, ſo wiſely let it be, / None may except but thoſe that faulty be."
- "Our Sauiour specialising and nominating the places in which these false prophets should teach his presence to be."
- "He is at moſt a confuſed and wild Chriſtian, not ſpecialized by any form, but capable of all."
- "In the lowest orders of being, we find these functions very much blended together, and several of them apparently performed by one simple apparatus ; but in proportion as we rise in the scale, we perceive that they are specialized, or separated from each other, and that a complicated set of organs is appropriated to each of them."
- "Those who insist that a woman’s place is at home by divine decree need only to study the life of primitive man to find out how very human are some of our domestic customs, for they will then see this distinction, that while nature has specialized woman for child-bearing, it is society which has specialized her for housework."
- "These cells specialized for propagation, however they may originate, are accordingly distinguished by a special name, that of Spores of Sporules."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English especial English special Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English specialize From special + -ize.