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specificating

specificating is the present participle and gerund of specificate.

Meaning of specificate

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To 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...

Questions about specificating

What is specificating the present participle and gerund of?
Specificating is the present participle and gerund of specificate.

Words near specificating in the dictionary

  1. specifically
  2. specificalness
  3. specificate
  4. specificated
  5. specificates
  6. specificating
  7. specification
  8. specificational
  9. specifications
  10. specificative
  11. specificatively

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