• (British) IPA: /pəˈtɪkjʊləɹʌɪz/

particularize (particularizes, present participle particularizing; past and past participle particularized)

1. (transitive) To make particular, as opposed to general; to restrict to a specific or individual case, class etc.; to single out.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To be specific about (individual instances); to go into detail (about), to specify.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗, partition 1, section 3, member 1, subsection 4:

     'Tis hard I confesse, yet I have disposed of them as I could, and will descend to particularize them according to their species.

3. (intransitive) To differentiate, make distinct from others.

• (to restrict to a specific case) set apart; see also Thesaurus:segregate
• (to go into detail) clarify, explicitize; Thesaurus:specify
• (to make distinct from others) distinguish, severalize; see also Thesaurus:differentiate