Hypertext Webster Gateway: "signalize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Signalize \Sig"nal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signalized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Signalizing}.] [From {Signal}, a.]
1. 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. --Burke.
2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship
signalizes its consort.
3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a
signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
signalize
v 1: provide with traffic signals, as of an intersection
2: communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs;
"He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand
gesture"; "The diner signaled the waiters to bring the
menu" [syn: {sign}, {signal}]
3: point out carefully and clearly [syn: {point out}, {call
attention}]
4: make conspicuous [syn: {distinguish}]
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