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▪ I. ˈspecializing, vbl. n.
[f. as prec.]
The action or process of becoming or rendering special in some respect.
1889Sidgwick in Jrnl. Educ. Feb. 116 Prevented by need of early specialising. 1904H. Black Pract. Self Cult. v. 138 Division of labour, or specialising of functon have [sic] become essential in modern industry.
▪ II. ˈspecializing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec.]
That specializes, in senses of the verb.
In the first group of quots. the ppl. adj. is not clearly separable from attributive uses of the vbl. n.
(a)1701Norris Ideal World i. vi. 326 The great specializing character that distinguishes necessary and eternal truths from those of the opposite order. 1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 203 In the fungi, however, there is little or nothing of this specializing or differentiating process. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets v. 111 We remark a powerful specializing tendency.
(b)1890Times 24 Dec. 7/3 To enable ‘specializing’ students to follow their courses. 1894Nature's Method in Evol. Life vi. 70 Specialising organs made their appearance. |