INDIVIDUATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does individuate mean? 

• INDIVIDUATE (verb)
  The verb INDIVIDUATE has 2 senses:

1. give individual character to

2. give individual shape or form to

  Familiarity information: INDIVIDUATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIVIDUATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they individuate    ... he / she / it individuates   
Past simple: individuated   
Past participle: individuated   
-ing form: individuating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give individual character to

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "individuate" is one way to...):

characterise; characterize (be characteristic of)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

individuation (the quality of being individual)

individuation (discriminating the individual from the generic group or species)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give individual shape or form to

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Language that individuates his memories

Hypernyms (to "individuate" is one way to...):

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

individuation (the quality of being individual)