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distinguish
dis·tin·guish / disˈtinggwish/ • v. [tr.] recognize or treat (someone or something) as different: the child is perfectly capable of distinguishing reality from fantasy. ∎ [intr.] perceive or point out a difference: bees are unable to distinguish between red, black, and various grays. ∎ manage to discern (something barely perceptible): it was too dark to distinguish anything more than their vague shapes. ∎ be an identifying or characteristic mark or property of: what distinguishes sports from games? | [as adj.] (distinguishing) a yellow brick house with no distinguishing features. ∎ (distinguish oneself) make oneself prominent and worthy of respect through one's behavior or achievements: many distinguished themselves in the fight against Hitler. DERIVATIVES: dis·tin·guish·a·ble adj. |
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"distinguish." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "distinguish." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-distinguish.html "distinguish." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-distinguish.html |
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DISTINGUISHTo set apart as being separate or different; to point out an essential disparity. To distinguish one case from another case means to show the dissimilarities between the two. It means to prove a case that is cited as applicable to the case currently in dispute is really inapplicable because the two cases are different. |
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"Distinguish." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Distinguish." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701443.html "Distinguish." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701443.html |
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distinguish
distinguish divide into classes; make, or mark as, different; perceive plainly; make prominent, XVI. irreg. f. F. distinguer or L. distinguere + -ISH 2; cf. extinguish.
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T. F. HOAD. "distinguish." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "distinguish." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-distinguish.html T. F. HOAD. "distinguish." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-distinguish.html |
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distinguish
•cattish, fattish, flattish
•smartish
•coquettish, fetish, pettish, wettish
•leftish • Kentish
•latish, straightish
•sweetish
•British, skittish, twittish
•Pictish
•brightish, lightish, rightish, slightish, whitish
•hottish, Scottish, sottish
•softish • shortish • saltish
•loutish, stoutish
•goatish
•coltish, doltish
•brutish, Jutish
•sluttish • smoothish
•lavish, ravish
•elvish
•knavish, slavish
•peevish, thievish
•spivvish • dervish
•anguish, languish
•vanquish
•distinguish, extinguish
•relinquish
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"distinguish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "distinguish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-distinguish.html "distinguish." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-distinguish.html |
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