Sig'nal-ize, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SIGNALIZED; p. pr. & vb. n. SIGNALIZING.] [From signal.] 1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. Burke.

2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.
3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.