Category:Specify

Spec"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specified; p. pr. & vb. n. Specifying.] Etym: [f. spécifier, or of. especifier, fr. Ll. Specificare. See species, -fy.]

Defn: 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.