SIGNALIZE • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Signalize

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

Listen

verb

Signalize v. t. (past & past part. signalized; pres. part. signalizing)

To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. "It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves."

To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.

To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.

See images of 'Signalize'

Etymology of 'Signalize'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar

"Signalize" Quotes from Famous Books

... unsympathetic audience of a few hundreds in the dingy little court-house, almost unheralded, save by the epithets of the Democratic newspapers. A few local speakers of this class, of superior address and force, now also began to signalize themselves by a new-born zeal and an attractive eloquence. Conspicuous among these was Owen Lovejoy, of northern Illinois, brother of the man who, for opinion's sake, had ...

— Abraham Lincoln: A History V1 • John G. Nicolay and John Hay

... Enemies. The Expectations at VERSAILLES from this joint effort are even sanguine— CONGRESS is impatient to answer their just expectation—The eyes of EUROPE are upon us anxiously waiting for the great event. Our GENERAL, with his officers and army, are filled with ardor and generous ambition to signalize their valour in the SALVATION of our country—SUPERIOR BEINGS would look down with the utmost astonishment, if we should let this GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY slip—It cannot be. Our young men, ambitious of laurels, will, at such a time, fly to their arms with the speed of the ...

— The Original Writings of Samuel Adams, Volume 4 • Samuel Adams

... is required to be said. He aspired to be considered the leading champion of the Church, and the most successful combatant against the Satanic powers. He seems to have longed for an opportunity to signalize himself in this particular kind of warfare; seized upon every occurrence that would admit of such a coloring to represent it as the result of diabolical agency; circulated in his numerous publications as many tales of ...

— Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II • Charles Upham

... which appeared to reign over Lincoln Island. Gideon Spilett did not cease from pondering over this new and inexplicable incident, the appearance of a fire on the coast of the island. The fire had actually been seen! His companions, Herbert and Pencroft, had seen it with him! The fire had served to signalize the position of the island during that dark night, and they had not doubted that it was lighted by the engineer's hand; and here was Cyrus Harding expressly declaring that he had never done anything of the sort! Spilett resolved to recur to this incident as soon as the ...

— The Mysterious Island • Jules Verne

... has often begged me to wear it, for she says the Chinese wear theirs; but I have not cared to make the sensation which I must if I wore it; my outlandish views of life and my frank study of their customs signalize me quite sufficiently ...

— Through the Eye of the Needle - A Romance • W. D. Howells

More quotes...