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Grammar : Verb
Spell : spes-uh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛs əˌfaɪ



Definition of specify

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Old French specifier (13c.), from Late Latin specificare "mention particularly," from specifus (see specific). Related: Specified; specifying.
  • verb designate; decide definitely
Example sentences :
  • The indictment does not specify regicide as the prisoner's treason.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Passing by many particulars of the discipline of nature, we must not omit to specify two.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • We can specify other features of the society connected with this type of household.
  • Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
  • But there is no attempt in the Review to specify a whirlwind.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • I am not bound to specify the labor that he could undertake.
  • Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
  • It need not specify the amount that is to be paid; in other words, it need not specify the consideration.
  • Extract from : « Up To Date Business » by Various
  • For what purpose she did not specify, but it sounded promising.
  • Extract from : « In Mesopotamia » by Martin Swayne
  • Yet it struck him, that being pressed for further explanation, she did NOT specify why.
  • Extract from : « A First Family of Tasajara » by Bret Harte
  • Let me specify one or two instances in illustration of this remark.
  • Extract from : « Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 » by James Y. Simpson
  • I need not—for I cannot—specify all the instances in which it acts.
  • Extract from : « Humanity in the City » by E. H. Chapin

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