peculiarize

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Etymology edit

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peculiarize (third-person singular simple present peculiarizes, present participle peculiarizing, simple past and past participle peculiarized)

(transitive) To make peculiar; to set apart or assign as an exclusive possession.
- 1666, John Smith, King Solomon's Portraiture of Old Age:
  meddle with those matters that are peculiarized to another coat

References edit

“peculiarize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.