Definition of Individualize

1. Verb. Make or mark or treat as individual. "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"


2. Verb. Make personal or more personal. "Personalized service"
Exact synonyms: Individualise, Personalise, Personalize
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

individualise
individualised
individualises
individualising
individualism
individualisms
individualist
individualistic
individualistically
individualists
individualities
individuality
individualizable
individualization
individualizations
individualize (current term)
individualized
individualizer
individualizers
individualizes
individualizing
individuall
individually
individuals
individuate
individuated
individuates
individuating
individuation
individuation field

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 ..."

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