2. Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied. Dr. H. More.
Specifical
(Spe*cif"ic*al) a. Specific. Bacon.
Specifically
(Spe*cif"ic*al*ly) adv. In a specific manner.
Specificalness
(Spe*cif"ic*al*ness), n. The quality of being specific.
Specificate
(Spe*cif"i*cate) v. t. [See Specify.] To show, mark, or designate the species, or the distinguishing
particulars of; to specify. [Obs.] ir M. Hale.
Specification
(Spec`i*fi*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. spécification, LL. specificatio.]
1. The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.
This specification or limitation of the question hinders the disputers from wandering away from the precise
point of inquiry.
I. Watts. 2. The designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a charge against an officer.
3. A written statement containing a minute description or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against
a public officer, the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a patent; also, a single article,
item, or particular, an allegation of a specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.
Specificness
(Spe*cif"ic*ness) n. The quality or state of being specific.
Specify
(Spec"i*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Specifying ] [F. spécifier, or OF.
especifier, fr. LL. specificare. See Species, -fy.] To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate
in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils
are specified.
Pope. Specillum
(||Spe*cil"lum) n. [L.] (Med.) See Stylet, 2.
Specimen
(Spec"i*men) n. [L., fr. specere to look, to behold. See Spy.] A part, or small portion, of
anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what
is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of
one's art.
Syn. — Sample; model; pattern. — Specimen, Sample. A specimen is a representative of the class of
things to which it belongs; as, a specimen of photography. A sample is a part of the thing itself, designed
to show the quality of the whole; as, a sample of sugar or of broadcloth. A cabinet of minerals consists
of specimens; if a part be broken off from any one of these, it is a sample of the mineral to which it
belongs. "Several persons have exhibited specimens of this art before multitudes of beholders." Addison.
"I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss." Woodward.
Speciosity
(Spe`ci*os"i*ty) n.; pl. Speciocities [Cf. LL. speciositas.]
1. The quality or state of being specious; speciousness.
Professions built so largely on speciosity, instead of performance.
Carlyle. 2. That which is specious. Dr. H. More.
Specious
(Spe"cious) a. [L. speciosusgood-looking, beautiful, specious, fr. species look, show, appearance; cf.
F. spécoeux. See Species.]
