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Portuguese: especificar

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Specify \Spec"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specified; p. pr. &
vb. n. Specifying.] [F. sp['e]cifier, or OF. especifier,
fr. LL. specificare. See Species, -fy.]
To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in
words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify
the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
[1913 Webster]

He has there given us an exact geography of Greece,
where the countries and the uses of their soils are
specified. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet specify
v 1: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or
agreement; make an express demand or provision in an
agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the
house for the rest of her life"; "The contract
stipulates the dates of the payments" [syn: stipulate,
qualify, condition]
2: determine the essential quality of [syn: define, delineate,
delimit, delimitate]
3: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
the parameters" [syn: set, determine, fix, limit]
4: be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism
of my paper?" [syn: particularize, particularise, specialize,
specialise] [ant: generalize]
5: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this
game" [syn: pin down, peg down, nail down, {narrow
down}, narrow]
6: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
[syn: intend, destine, designate]
7: select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The
teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the
exercise" [syn: assign, set apart]
[also: specified]

Moby Dictionary
address to , adduce , advert to , allude to , anatomize , assign ,
atomize , baptize , be taken as , bound , bring to attention ,
bring to notice , call , call attention to , christen , circle in ,
circumscribe , circumstantiate , cite , condition , define , delimit ,
delimitate , delineate , demarcate , denominate , denote ,
descend to particulars , designate , detail , determine ,
direct attention to , direct to , document , dub , emblematize ,
enclose , enter into detail , entitle , enumerate , establish , figure ,
finger , fix , focus on , give full particulars , identify , indicate ,
individualize , instance , inventory , itemize , label , lay off , limit ,
list , mark , mark boundaries , mark off , mark out ,
mark the periphery , mention , name , nickname , nominate ,
particularize , pick out , pin down , point at , point out , point to ,
precise , refer to , rope off , select , set , set forth , set out ,
set the limit , settle , signify , specialize , spell out , stake out ,
stand for , state , stigmatize , stipulate , style , substantiate ,
surround , symbol , symbolize , tag , term , title , touch on , typify

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