characterize
verb
[ ˈkarəktərʌɪz ]
• describe the distinctive nature or features of.
• "she characterized the period as the decade of revolution"
Similar:
distinguish,
make distinctive,
mark,
set apart,
identify,
specify,
signalize,
indicate,
denote,
designate,
stamp,
typify,
pervade,
permeate,
suffuse,
portray,
depict,
present,
represent,
describe,
outline,
delineate,
show,
draw,
sketch,
categorize,
class,
classify,
style,
brand,
• (of a feature or quality) be typical or characteristic of.
• "the disease is characterized by weakening of the immune system"
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘engrave, inscribe’): from French caractériser or medieval Latin characterizare, from Greek kharaktērizein, from kharaktēr ‘a stamping tool’.
