Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Character \Char"ac*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charactered}.]
   1. To engrave; to inscribe. [R.]

            These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my
            thoughts I 'll character.             --Shak.

   2. To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe;
      to characterize. [R.] --Mitford.