specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement;"The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life" "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
decide upon or fix definitely;"fix the variables" "specify the parameters"
determine the essential quality of
be specific about;"Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
define clearly;"I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
design or destine;"She was intended to become the director"
select something or someone for a specific purpose;"The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
early 14c., "to speak;" mid-14c. "to name explicitly," from Old French specifier, especefier (13c.) and directly from Late Latin specificare "mention particularly," from specificus (see specific). Related: Specified; specifying.
