signalize
/ˈsɪɡnəlaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To display or make known (an attribute, quality, etc.); to call attention to.
American usage; Archaic; Transitive verb
verb
To furnish (a traffic intersection) with a traffic signal.
Canadian usage; American usage; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "[…] God has planted in man a ſenſe of ambition, and a ſatisfaction ariſing from the contemplation of his excelling his fellows in ſomething deemed valuable amongſt them. It is this paſſion that drives men to all the ways we ſee in uſe of ſignalizing themſelves, and that tends to make whatever excites in a man the idea of this diſtinction ſo very pleaſant."
- "[T]he reign of the Tudors was often signalized by the valour of our soldiers and sailors […]."
- "[T]he great Creator hath likevviſe ſignalized his Care and Skill, by giving Animals an architectonick Faculty, to build themſelves convenient places of Retirement, in vvhich to repoſe and ſecure themſelves, and to nurſe up their Young."
- "An Author who points his ſatyr at a great man, is to be looked upon in the ſame view with the engineer who ſignalized himſelf by this ungenerous practice."
- "He likewiſe pretended to ridicule the uſe of fire-arms, which confounded all the diſtinctions of ſkill and addreſs, and deprived a combatant of the opportunity of ſignalizing his personal proweſs."
- "This expression rex Anglorum is rightly signalised by historians as a milestone in our history."
Etymology
Etymology tree English signal 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 signalize From signal + -ize.
Usage
- American usage
- Archaic
- Transitive verb
- Canadian usage