alphabetizing

[al-fuh-bi-tahyz]

al·pha·bet·ize

[al-fuh-bi-tahyz]
verb (used with object), al·pha·bet·ized, al·pha·bet·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

al·pha·bet·i·za·tion [al-fuh-bet-uh-zey-shuhn, -bi-tuh-] , noun
al·pha·bet·iz·er, noun
mis·al·pha·bet·ize, verb (used with object), mis·al·pha·bet·ized, mis·al·pha·bet·iz·ing.
un·al·pha·bet·ized, adjective
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Alphabetizing is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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