CHARACTERISM: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Matching Terms:			characterisation, characterise, characterised, characterisic function, characteristic, characteristic curve, characteristic function, Characteristical, Characteristically
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Char"ac*ter*ism\, n. [Gr. ? a characterizing.] A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.