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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. be characteristic of;
- Example: "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
[syn: characterize, characterise]

2. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of;
- Example: "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"
- Example: "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
[syn: qualify, characterize, characterise]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

characterise
    v 1: be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian
         painting?" [syn: characterize, characterise]
    2: describe or portray the character or the qualities or
       peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that
       of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament
       for a dead lover" [syn: qualify, characterize,
       characterise]