Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Signalize

Signalize , transitive verb

[From Signal, a.]

1.
To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.
It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. — Burke
2.
To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.
3.
To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.