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differentiate (iou)



differentiate verb & noun. E19.
[medieval Latin differentiat- pa. ppl stem of differentiare, from Latin DIFFERENTIA: see -ATE3.]
A. verb.
verb trans. Math. Obtain the derivative or differential of. E19.
verb trans. Constitute a difference in, of, or between; serve to make different from. M19.
A. Wilson The famous private life that's supposed to differentiate him from Other public servants.
verb trans. Make different in the process of growth or development. Usu. in pass. M19.
W. B. Carpenter 'Protoplasm' or living jelly, which is not yet differentiated into 'organs'. M. K. Pope In Late Latin it was the tonic vowel that was differentiated if juxtaposed to a final flexional vowel that was homophonous.
verb intrans. Become differentiated or specialized. L19.
verb trans. & intrans. Observe, ascertain, or recognize the difference (in or between); distinguish, discriminate, (between). L19.
J. Jastrow One important use of child study is to differentiate between functions that in the adult have become merged. T. E. Hulme They first began to be differentiated by the German writers on aesthetics in the eighteenth century.
b. noun. A rock produced by the differentiation of a magma. E20.
differentiatedness noun the property of being differentiated M20.
differentiator noun a person who or thing which differentiates L19.

William (iou)



William noun. Also william. L16.
[Male forename. In sense 3, with pun on BILL noun3.]
I.
Any of several pinks or related plants. Now chiefly in sweet William s.v. SWEET adjective. L16.
wild Williams arch. ragged robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi.
Hist. A former Dutch coin equal to 10 guilders. M19.
a. An account for payment, a bill. slang. M19.
b. A banknote. US slang. M19.
II.
Used attrib. to designate styles of architecture, furniture, etc., characteristic of the reign of monarchs of Great Britain and Ireland named William, esp. William III and Mary (reigned jointly 1689-94), and William IV (reigned 1830-7). E20.