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al⋅pha⋅bet⋅ize

  [al-fuh-bi-tahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
1. to put or arrange in alphabetical order.
2. to express by or furnish with an alphabet.
Also, especially British, al⋅pha⋅bet⋅ise.

Origin:
1865–70; alphabet + -ize

Related forms:
al⋅pha⋅bet⋅i⋅za⋅tion  [al-fuh-bet-uh-zey-shuhn, -bi-tuh-] , noun
al⋅pha⋅bet⋅iz⋅er, noun
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al·pha·bet·ize   (āl'fə-bĭ-tīz')   
tr.v.   al·pha·bet·ized, al·pha·bet·iz·ing, al·pha·bet·iz·es

  1. To arrange in alphabetical order.

  2. To supply with an alphabet.

al'pha·bet'i·za'tion (-bět'ĭ-zā'shən) n., al'pha·bet·iz'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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