Signalize

·adj To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.

II. Signalize ·adj To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.

III. Signalize ·adj To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to Distinguish.

to signalize
To communicate information by means of signals or telegraph. A new and absurd use of the word. The ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
signalize, to
To distinguish one's self; a word also degraded to the meaning of communicating intelligence by mean...

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