particular

a. [ OE. particuler, F. particulier, L. particularis. See Particle. ] 1. Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Make ] each particular hair to stand an end,
Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Seken in every halk and every herne
Particular sciences for to lerne. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular. “Thine own particular wrongs.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wheresoever one plant draweth such a particular juice out of the earth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Separate or distinct by reason of superiority; distinguished; important; noteworthy; unusual; special; as, he brought no particular news; she was the particular belle of the party. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise; as, a full and particular account of an accident; hence, nice; fastidious; as, a man particular in his dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) (a) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder. (b) Holding a particular estate; as, a particular tenant. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Particular average. See under Average. --
Particular Baptist, one of a branch of the Baptist denomination the members of which hold the doctrine of a particular or individual election and reprobation. --
Particular lien (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing. --
Particular redemption, the doctrine that the purpose, act, and provisions of redemption are restricted to a limited number of the human race. See Calvinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Minute; individual; respective; appropriate; peculiar; especial; exact; specific; precise; critical; circumstantial. See Minute. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as particularize. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. particularisme. ] 1. A minute description; a detailed statement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The doctrine of particular election. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (German Politics) Devotion to the interests of one's own kingdom or province rather than to those of the empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. particulariste. ] One who holds to particularism. -- Par*tic`u*lar*is"tic, a. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Particularities [ Cf. F. particularité. ] 1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is particular; as: (a) Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. “An old heathen altar with this particularity.” Addison. (b) Special circumstance; minute detail; particular. “Even descending to particularities.” Sir P. Sidney. (c) Something of special or private concern or interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the general trumpet blow his blast,
Particularities and petty sounds
To cease! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of particularizing. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Particularized p. pr. & vb. n. Particularizing ] [ Cf. F. particulariser. ] To give as a particular, or as the particulars; to mention particularly; to give the particulars of; to enumerate or specify in detail. [ Also spelled particularise. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To mention or attend to particulars; to give minute details; to be circumstantial; as, to particularize in a narrative. [ 1913 Webster ]