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characterized

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char·ac·ter·ize  (krk-t-rz)
tr.v. character·ized, character·iz·ing, character·iz·es
1. To describe the qualities or peculiarities of: characterized the warden as ruthless.
2. To be a distinctive trait or mark of; distinguish: the rash and high fever that characterize this disease; a region that is characterized by its dikes and canals.
charac·ter·izer n.


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For this purpose, they divided the term of his life between them, and each endowed one portion of it with the qualities which chiefly characterized himself.
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