Characterize Definition
kărək-tə-rīz
characterized, characterizes, characterizing
verb
characterized, characterizes, characterizing
To describe or portray the particular qualities, features, or traits of.
Webster's New World
To be the distinctive character of; distinguish.
A miser is characterized by greed.
Webster's New World
To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative)
Wiktionary
To determine the characteristics of.
Wiktionary
Origin of Characterize
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From Medieval Latin characterizare, from Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērizō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktēr, “a mark, character”). Synchronically analyzable as character + -ize.
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