specificate

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verb

To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify.

OriginEnglish specific ← Old French specifique →
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Meanings

verbspecificate (third-person singular simple present specificates, present participle specificating, simple past and past participle specificated)

present singular third person specificates · participle present specificating · participle past specificated · past specificated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify.

    As it [the inward action of the soul] hath an Operation vvithout the Concurrence of the Body, ſo it is that vvhich doth Specificate all the External Actions, and gives them their true denomination of Good or Evil.

    a. 1677 (date written; published 1696), Matthew Hale, “The Knowledge of Christ Crucified. Part II.”, in Contemplations Moral and Divine. The Third Part. […], 2nd edition, London: […] William Shrowsbury, […], published 1700, →OCLC, pages 79–80

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
callspecify

Origin

  1. Old Frenchspecifique
  2. Englishspecific
  3. Englishspecificate

From specific + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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APA

specificate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/specificate

MLA

“specificate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/specificate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “specificate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/specificate.

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