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English
Etymology
specific + -ate
Verb
specificate (third-person singular simple present specificates, present participle specificating, simple past and past participle specificated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing particulars of; to specify.
a. 1677 (date written; published 1696), Matthew Hale, “The Knowledge of Christ Crucified. Part II.”, in Contemplations Moral and Divine. The Third Part. , 2nd edition, London: William Shrowsbury, , published 1700, →OCLC, pages 79–80:As it [the inward action of the soul] hath an Operation vvithout the Concurrence of the Body, ſo it is that vvhich doth Specificate all the External Actions, and gives them their true denomination of Good or Evil.
References
“specificate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
specificate
- inflection of specificare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
specificate f pl
- feminine plural of specificato