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characterizes
 
Verb characterize has 2 senses
  1. qualify, characterize, characterise - describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
    --1 is one way to remember, think of
    Derived forms: noun characterization2, noun character2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. characterize, characterise - be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
    --2 is one way to distinguish, mark, differentiate
    Derived form: noun character2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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