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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Specify

/spĕs'-əf-īˌ/ · Spec·i·fy · IPA /ˈspɛs.əˌfaɪ/
01 v. t. 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…
imp. & p. p. Specified; p. pr. & vb. n. Specifying
  1. 1.
    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 articles purchased.
    “He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are specified.” Pope.