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INDIVIDUATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they individuate ... he / she / it individuates
Past simple: individuated
Past participle: individuated
-ing form: individuating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give individual shape or form to
Example:
Language that individuates his memories
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "individuate" is one way to...):
form; shape (give shape or form to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
individuation (the quality of being individual)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give individual character to
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "individuate" is one way to...):
characterise; characterize (be characteristic of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
individuation (the quality of being individual)
individuation (discriminating the individual from the generic group or species)
