tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

1. To describe the qualities or peculiarities of: characterized the warden as ruthless.
2. To be a distinctive trait or mark of; distinguish: the rash and high fever that characterize this disease; a region that is characterized by its dikes and canals.

characterizer char'ac·ter·iz'er n.

verb

1. To describe with a word or term: call, designate, label, name, style, tag, term. See specific/general, words.
2. To make noticeable or different: differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, individualize, mark, set apart, signalize, singularize. See same/different/compare.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
  Synonyms: qualify, characterise

Meaning #2: be characteristic of
  Synonym: characterise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - karakterisere

Nederlands (Dutch)
karakteriseren, kenmerken

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Littérat) dépeindre, caractériser, se caractériser par, représenter, faire le portrait de

Deutsch (German)
v. - charakterisieren, kennzeichnen, prägen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χαρακτηρίζω

Italiano (Italian)
caratterizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - caracterizar

Русский (Russian)
характеризовать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - caracterizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - karakterisera, känneteckna

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
表示...的特色, 赋予特色

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 表示...的特色, 賦予特色

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 특성을 나타내다, 특색을 이루다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 特徴づける, 特徴を述べる, みなす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) وصف, صور, ميز, عرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אפיין‬

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