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sig⋅nal⋅ize

[sig-nl-ahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to make notable or conspicuous.
2. to point out or indicate particularly.
3. to equip (a particular traffic crossing or an entire transportation route) with traffic signals.
Also, especially British, sig⋅nal⋅ise.


Origin:
1645–55; signal + -ize


sig⋅nal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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sig·nal·ize   (sĭg'nə-līz')   
tr.v.   sig·nal·ized, sig·nal·iz·ing, sig·nal·iz·es
  1. To make remarkable or conspicuous: a life signalized by high accomplishments.

  2. To point out particularly.

sig'nal·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
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