Spĕc'i-fy, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SPECIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. SPECIFYING.] [Fr. spécifier, Pr. specificar, especificar, Sp. & Pg. especificar, It. & L. Lat. specificare. See SPECIFIC.] 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 the articles one wants to purchase.

He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are specified. Pope.