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Verb: characterise  'kariktu`rIz
Usage: Brit (=characterize)
  1. Be characteristic of
    "What characterises a Venetian painting?"
    - characterize
     
  2. Describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
    - qualify, characterize

Derived forms: characterising, characterised, characterises

See also: character, characterisation [Brit]

Type of: differentiate, distinguish, mark, remember, think of

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