Look up: distinguish

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   distinguish
   [v] - be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait 2. [v] - mark as different
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   Distinguish
   Dis·tin'guish transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Distinguished ; present participle & verbal noun Distinguishing .] [ French distinguer , Latin distinguere , distinctum ; di- = dis- + stinguere to quench, extinguish; probably orig., to prick, and so akin to German stechen , Englis ...
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   Distinguish
   Dis·tin'guish intransitive verb 1. To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between ; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle. 2. To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible. [ R.] « The little embryo . . . first distinguishes i ...
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   distinguish
   1. Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic. 'Not more distinguished by her purple vest, Than by the charming features of her face.' (Dryden) 'Milton has distinguished the sweetbrier and the eglantine.' (Nares) ... 2. To separate by definition of term ...
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   distinguish
   separate 1 differentiate 1 secern 1 secernate verb mark as different; `We distinguish several kinds of maple`
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   distinguish
   discern verb detect with the senses; `The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards`; `I can`t make out the faces in this photograph`
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   Distinguish
   In law, to `distinguish` a case means to differentiate the facts of the case before the court from the facts of a case of precedent where there is an apparent similarity. By successfully distinguishing a case, the holding or legal reasoning of the earlier case will either not apply or will be limited. Whether a case is successfully distinguished often looks to whether the distinguished facts are material to the matter. Both cases `Balfour v. Ba...
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   Distinguish
   • (v. i.) To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one`s self or itself discernible. • (v. t.) To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum. • (v. t.) To constitute...
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