(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:18:27

Spec"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Specifying (?).] [F. sp'ecifier, 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.

 

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