signalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb provide with traffic signals
    signalise.
    • signalize a busy intersection
  2. verb communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
    signalise; signal; sign.
    • He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture
    • The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu
  3. verb point out carefully and clearly
    signalise; call attention; point out.
  4. verb make conspicuous or noteworthy
    signalise; distinguish.

WordNet

Sig"nal*ize transitive verb
Etymology
From Signal, a.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Signalized ; present participle & verbal noun Signalizing
Definitions
  1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.
    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.

Webster 1913