To communicate information by means of signals or telegraph. A new and absurd use of the word.
The ship was signalized about eight o'clock this morning, and came up the harbor in fine style.--N. Y. Com. Adv., Jan. 17, 1848.
·adj To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort. II. Signalize ·ad...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To distinguish one's self; a word also degraded to the meaning of communicating intelligence by mean...
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