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Definition of Individualize
1. Verb. Make or mark or treat as individual. "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"
Generic synonyms: Differentiate, Distinguish, Secern, Secernate, Separate, Severalise, Severalize, Tell, Tell Apart
Derivative terms: Individualisation, Individual, Individualization
2. Verb. Make personal or more personal. "Personalized service"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Individual
Antonyms: Depersonalise, Depersonalize
Definition of Individualize
1. v. t. To mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality.
Definition of Individualize
1. Verb. To give something its own individuality; to characterize or differentiate. ¹
2. Verb. To modify something to suit an individual; to personalize. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Individualize
1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Individualize
Literary usage of Individualize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... who rendered much valuable assistance in the general management of the regiment,
although to individualize would seem unjust, when every officer and man ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"See individualize. 2i Make individual, invest with fulness of character, render
unique or original, render self- directing or self-determined, individuate. ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"To individualize is to single out from the species." So that an individual banker
is a person banking alone. ..."
4. The Citizen of a Republic: What are His Rights, His Duties, and Privileges by Ansaldo Cebà (1845)
"PROPOSES TO SPEAK SPECIALLY OF THE VIRTUES NECESSARY TO THE CITIZEN, AND THEIR
USE—OMITTING SOME UNNECESSARY TO individualize. HAVING thus defined and ..."
5. The Citizen of a Republic: What are His Rights, His Duties, and Privileges by Ansaldo Cebà (1845)
"PROPOSES TO SPEAK SPECIALLY OP THE VIRTUES NECESSARY TO THE CITIZEN, AND THEIR
USE—OMITTING SOME UNNECESSARY TO individualize. HAVING thus denned and ..."
6. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English; with Numerous by William Owen Pughe (1832)
"... nno, to die : 'no, I die. no, a dead person : o'no, mortals. pro, pleasant,
agreeable, sweet. Моя*, to individualize, to become > separate one. ..."
7. Transactions (1882)
"individualize Your Case. ... features which distinguish this case from every
other of the same or different name, and to select a rein- individualize ..."