Associations to the word «Characterise»

Wiktionary

CHARACTERISE, verb. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of characterize.

Dictionary definition

CHARACTERISE, verb. Be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?".
CHARACTERISE, verb. 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".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope