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personalize, v.|ˈpɜːsənəlaɪz|
[f. personal a. + -ize: cf. mod.F. personnaliser.]
trans. To render personal; to represent as personal, personify; to embody in a person, impersonate; to make (some impersonal object or thing) more obviously related to, or identifiable as belonging to, a particular individual; also fig.
1747Warburton Notes Shaks., Hen. VIII, i. iv, Danger is personalized as serving in the rebel army, and shaking the established government. 1754A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 82 The Poets are fond of personalizing both physical and moral Qualities. 1886Sat. Rev. 31 July 167/2 Imagination is here a general term, an abstraction,..a personalized abstraction of the most surprising character. 1893Fairbairn Christ in Mod. Theol. i. ii. §1. 48 What sort of religious ideal did He personalize? 1935Advt. for Mohawk Sheets (Miller & Rhoads, Richmond, Va.), Now personalized with smart needlecrest initials. 1947Amer. Speech XXII. 71/1 Personalize your luggage, personalized stationery. 1961Daily Tel. 28 Feb. 24/6 He [sc. Mr. Gaitskell] probably appreciates that any further move towards ‘personalising’ the defence issue would merely play into Mr Crossman's hands. 1966Electronics 31 Oct. 42/3 In the CP and EP, the memory is a plug-in unit that can be replaced in a few minutes, so that the design of either model can be quickly personalized for a special application. 1967Autocar 27 Dec. 9/2 All the multitude of accessories offered (and bought) for the embellishment of ordinary cars is enough to show that many buyers want, in the American phrase, to ‘personalize’ their transport. 1970Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 13 Nov. 21 (caption) Dealer delegate is chatted up by an oil executive... Moments like these help to ‘personalise’ a giant company with the employees. 1972Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 6/7 Outstandingly clever children often pass through school unnoticed by their teachers... ‘One major reason is the failure in schools to personalise the learning environments which they provide.’ 1977New Yorker 9 May 143/2 Crossman blames the mass media for personalizing politics.
Hence ˈpersonalized ppl. a.; ˈpersonalizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Personifying, or Personalising, the feigning a person; or attributing a person to an inanimate being. a1834Coleridge in Lit. Rem. (1839) IV. 430 The individual will or personalizing principle of free agency..is the factor. 1947Forum (Johannesburg) 26 Apr. 46/1 (Advt.), Fare is inclusive of personalised steward service throughout journey. 1957R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy vi. 165 As the ‘personalising’ technique becomes yearly more machine-tooled, so a good instinct is pulled out of shape. 1959Economist 4 Apr. 68/1 A ‘personalised’ cheque, one that carries an identifying account number and so can be used only by the owner of the account. 1961Daily Tel. 28 Feb. 24/6 (heading) No witch hunt. Against ‘Personalising’. 1974Times 14 Dec. 24/6 Personalized crystal glasses, initials, names, dates, crests, etc., hand engraved to your requirements. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 11/2 (Advt.), Personalized attention, experienced tutors, relaxed atmosphere. 1977Theology LXXX. 191 The man Jesus Christ as the personalized instrument..of the self-expressive activity of God. Ibid. Such a union would be marked by eudokia, or divine good-pleasure, and by synapheia or true and personalizing relationship. a1977Harrison Mayer Ltd. Catal. 39/3 The Cerama-pen is a fibre tip pen filled with precious metal ink. Ideal for thin line decorating and personalising work. 1978Bull. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. Jan. 10 Scholars with no prior knowledge of computers will be able to obtain a personalized index to the material most relevant to their particular researches. |
单词 personalism 释义 personalism|psnlz()m|[f. personal a. (n.) + -ism.]a. The quality or ......