specify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: specify	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
specify v 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" Synonym(s): stipulate, qualify, condition, specify decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" Synonym(s): specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit determine the essential quality of Synonym(s): specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" Synonym(s): specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise Antonym(s): generalise, generalize define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" Synonym(s): pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" Synonym(s): intend, destine, designate, specify select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" Synonym(s): assign, specify, set apart
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Specify \Spec"ify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Specified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Specifying}.] [F. sp[82]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. He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are specified. --Pope.