peculiarize

[ pi-kyool-yuh-rahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, pe·cu·liar·ized, pe·cu·liar·iz·ing.

1. to make peculiar, unusual, distinguished, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of peculiarize¹

First recorded in 1615–25; peculiar + -ize

Example Sentences

There is no doubt that the primary purpose of Circumcision was to peculiarize the Jews by an indelible visible sign; and it was as necessary that Jewish infants should be known to be Jews as Jewish men.

From Project Gutenberg

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