signalize
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (4)
- provide with traffic signals“signalize a busy intersection”Synonyms: signalise
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs“He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture”“The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu”Synonyms: signsignalsignalise
- point out carefully and clearlySynonyms: signalisepoint outcall attention
- make conspicuous or noteworthySynonyms: signalisedistinguish
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Signalize \Sig"nal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Signalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Signalizing.] [From Signal, a.]
1.To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. [1913 Webster]
It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves.— Burke.[1913 Webster]
2.To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort. [1913 Webster]
3.To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer. [1913 Webster]