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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make or mark or treat as individual;
- Example: "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone"
[syn: individualize, individualise]

2. make personal or more personal;
- Example: "personalized service"
[syn: personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Individualize \In`di*vid"u*al*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Individualized; p. pr. & vb. n. Individualizing.] [Cf. F. individualiser.] To mark as an individual, or to distinguish from others by peculiar properties; to invest with individuality; to give distinctive character to; to make distinctive; to enable differentiation from others of similar type; -- of properties of things. [1913 Webster +PJC] The peculiarities which individualize and distinguish the humor of Addison. --N. Drake. [1913 Webster] 2. to render (a product or service) suitable to each individual person by varying to some degree its characteristics; to personalize. Syn: personalize, individualize, make personal, make more personal. [WordNet 1.5] 3. To consider individually; to mention each individual. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

individualize v 1: make or mark or treat as individual; "The sounds were individualized by sharpness and tone" [syn: individualize, individualise] 2: make personal or more personal; "personalized service" [syn: personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise] [ant: depersonalise, depersonalize, objectify]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

40 Moby Thesaurus words for "individualize": analyze, anatomize, atomize, change, chop logic, descend to particulars, desynonymize, detail, difference, differentiate, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, distinguish, diversify, divide, individuate, itemize, make a distinction, mark, mark off, mark out, modify, particularize, peculiarize, personalize, precise, quality, refine a distinction, segregate, separate, set apart, set off, sever, severalize, signalize, specialize, spell out, split hairs, vary