particular (partikular)

and n. [ ticulier = Sp. Pg. particular = It. part i col are, particulare, LL. particular is, of or concerning a part, particular, part; pertaining to some and not to all; special; not general. The three years' drought, in the time of Elias, was but particular , and left people alive. Bacon , Vici itudes of Things (ed. 1887). Our ancestors.. took their stand, not on a general theory, but on the particular constitution of the realm. Macaulay , Sir James Mackintosh. The Revolution a ails not theology itself but only a par ticular theology embodied in a particular institution. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 36. IMG:content-2396.png:[blocks in formation] Hence-4. Personal; private; individual. These domestic and particular broils Are not the question here. Shak ., Lear, v. 1. 30. Revenge Thine own particular wrongs, and stop those maims Of shame seen through thy country. Shak., Cor., iv. 5. 92. August us began his career by joining with Antony and Lepidus in a plot for dividing the supreme power, by al. lowing to be murdered each his own particular friends, in order to destroy his enemies, the friends of his vile confederates. Brougham. 5. Having something that eminently distinguishes; worthy of attention and regard; specially noteworthy; not ordinary; unusual; notable; striking. Particular pains particular thanks do ask. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 3. At the east end [of the cathedral] are the remains of the bishop's throne, and in the portico there is a very particu lar vase, which probably served for a font. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 247. I think I never heard a more particular instance of parts and villainy. Walpole , Letters, II. 17. He was a sturdy old fellow in a broad-skirted blue coat, made pretty large, to fit easily, and with no particular Dickens, Nicholas Nickle by, xxxv. waist. 6. Attentive to or noting details; minute in examination; careful. I have been particular in examining the reason of children's inheriting the property of their fathers,... because it will give us farther light in the inheritance of rule and power. Locke, Government, i. § 91. 7. Containing or emphasizing details; minute; circumstantial; detailed: as, a full and par ticular account of an accident. This [Ponte di Rialto] is both forty foote longer... and a hundred foote broader, as I will anon declare in the more particular description thereof. Coryat , Crudities, I. 208. 8. Peculiar; singular; standing out from what is general or ordinary, especially in the way of showing pointed personal attention. As for Plutarch, his style is so particular that there is none of the ancients to whom we can properly resemble him. Dryden, Plutarch. I saw in the church-yard of Bolsena an antique funeral monument (of that kind which they called a sarcophagus), very entire, and, what is particular , engraven on all sides with a curious representation of a bacchanal. Add is on, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bohn), I. 488. She'll be highly taken with him for she loves a Gentleman whose Manner is particular . Steele, Tender Husband, i. 1. Lady Ruelle... had been something particular , as I fancied, in her behaviour to me. R. Graves, Spiritual Quixote, viii. 14. 9. Nice in taste; precise; fastidious: as, a man very particular in his diet or dre . A very worthy person, a little formal and particular , but exceedingly devoute. Evelyn, Diary, Oct. 24, 1686. Timoleon is very particular in his opinion, but is thought particular for no other cause but that he acts against depraved custom by the rules of nature and reaSteele, Tatler, No. 171. son. particularism method. See universal method, under method. - Particular proposition, a proposition in which the subject is qualified by the word some or its equivalent. The peculiarity of the particular proposition is that it a erts the existence of a certain kind of thing, while a universal proposition a erts the non-existence of a certain kind of thing. Thus, the proposition "Some men are courteous to all women" is particular, being intended to state the existence of a certain kind of men; while the proposition "There is some man who is courteous to each woman" is universal, because it only states the non-existence of a woman to whom no man is courteous. It is true, the latter proposition may be understood as also a erting the existence of men courteous to women, and in that case it implies a particular proposition along with its main import.-Particular tenant, the tenant of a particular estate.-Particular utilityf of a science or art, the utility of such science or art as a means of support to its profe ors.-Short particular meter. See meters, 3. Syn. 1-3. Separate, distinctive. -3 and 4. Peculiar , etc. See special .-7. Circumstantial, etc. See minutel .-9. Exact, scrupulous. II. n. 1. A single instance or matter; a single point or circumstance; a distinct, separate, or minute part or detail. Some few particulars I have set down, Only for this meridian, fit to be known Of your crude traveller. B. Jonson, Volpone, iv. 1. 29th. Called up with news from Sir W. Batten that Hogg hath brought in two prizes more; and so I thither, and hear the particulars , which are good; one of them, if prize, being worth 4000l., for which God be thanked! Pepys, Diary, III. 36. A letter from my agent in town soon came with a confirmation of every particular . Goldsmith, Vicar, iii. 21. A specialist; one who devotes himself to doing things on his own account and not in partnership. For your spectators, you behold them what they are: the most choice particulars in court: this tells tales well; this provides coaches; this repeats jests; this presents gifts; this holds up the arras; this takes down from horse: this protests by this light; this swears by that candle; this delight eth; this adoreth; yet all but three men. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2. They utterly sought ye ruine of ye perticulers [private traders): as appear eth by this, that they would not suffer any of ye generall either to buy or sell with them. Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 178. 31. Private account or interest; personal interest or concern; part; portion; account. For my particular , I can, and from a most clear conscience, affirm that I have ever trembled to think toward the least profanene . B. Jonson, Volpone, Ded. Some of those that still remained hear on their perticu ler begane privately to nurish a faction. Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 157. As to my own particular , I stand to this hour amaz'd that God should give so greate perfection to so young a Evelyn , Diary, March 4, 1656. 4t. Individual state or character; special peculiarity. person. The particulars of future beings must needs be dark unto ancient theories. Sir T. Browne , Urn-burial, iv. Venice has several particulars which are not to be found in other cities, and is therefore very entertaining to a traveller. It looks, at a distance, like a great town half floated by a deluge. Add is on, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bohn), I. 387. 5. A minute and detailed account; a minute: as, a particular of premises; a particular of a plaintiff's demand, etc. [Obsolete, or used only in legal phrases.] A particular of wages due to the Deputy, Army, and other State Officers and affaires relating to Ireland, an 1587-1588. Evelyn, To Sam. Pepys, Esq. The reader has a particular of the books wherein this law was written. Ayliffe , Parergon. 6. Something specially made for, belonging to, or the choice of a person: as, he drank a gla of his own particular. [Colloq.] - Bill of particulars. See bills. - In particular, specially; particularly; to particularize. particulart ticulart (pär-tik'ū-lär), v. t. [ 10. In logic , not general; not referring to the whole extent of a cla , but only to some ind i- vidual or individuals in it. - Common particular meter, long particular meter. See meter2 , 3.- Lon- don particular, of a quality or character supposed to be approved by London ers or peculiar to London, by import a tion or otherwise: noting especially a quality of Madeira a.] To particularize. be made by the underwriters in case of partial lo (which see, under partial ) by perils of the sea. The lo is IMG:content-2397.png:[ocr errors] aged property, when sound, its sale-value as injured. See average2, 1.- Particular Baptists. See Baptist. - Particular cause, a cause which of its own efficiency produces but one effect. - Particular cognition, a cognition of an actual fact or existence, not of a rule or non-existence. - Particular custom, a custom which prevails only in a particular locality or district; a local usage. Sometimes used also of a custom which prevails only in a particular cla or vocation. - Particular equation. See equation. - Particular estate, in law, the estate that precedes a remainder; the earlier of two succe ive estates where the future or ultimate ownership is given to one, the gift to whom is not to take effect until after a precedent estate IMG:content-2398.png:[blocks in formation] vises lands to his wife for her life, and after her death to his children, her estate is called the particular estate, in contradistinction to the general ultimate ownership of the children.-Particular integral, in the integral calculus, that value which arises in the integration of any differential equation by the giving of a particular value to the arbitrary quantity or quantities that enter into the general integral. - Particular jurisprudence logic, etc. See the nouns - Particular lien, See lien2, 1. Particular particular is at i on, particularise. See partic ularization, particularize. particularism sm (pär-tik'ū-lär-izm), (pä n. [= F. particular is me particular is me = Pg. particularismo = G. par ticularismus; as particular + -ism.] 1. Attention or adherence to or exclusive interest in one's own special interests, party, or state; individual, partizan, or national exclusivene . Specifically-(a) In a federation, the doctrine or practice of leaving each state free to promote its peculiar interests (and to retain its own laws), as distinguished from those of the federation as a whole; especially, in recent German history, the policy of the states annexed to Pru ia after the war of 1866 which wished to preserve their own laws, etc., or of the states under Pru ian influence, (b) The view that the Hebrews are the chosen people of God, heid by them in ancient and modern times. The abolition of Judaic particularism , and the impartial freedom of the heavenly and glorified life that belongs to Jesus. G. P. Fisher, Begin. of Christianity, p. 12 2. Attention to particulars or details. The marked particularism which has characterized the study of Lichens for the last thirty years. E. Tucker man , Genera Lichenum, p. L particularism 3. In theol., the doctrine that divine grace is provided only for the particular individuals chosen by God to be its recipients, as opposed to the doctrine that his grace is freely and equally offered to all upon condition of its acceptance in and by faith.