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								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
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								be characteristic of
 What characterizes a Venetian painting?
 
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			| 1. Characterize / Past characterized
 2. Characterize / Third Person
 characterizes
 3. Characterize / Present Participle
 characterizing
 
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