categorise

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cat⋅e⋅go⋅rize

[kat-i-guh-rahyz]

–verb (used with object), -rized, -riz⋅ing.

1.	to arrange in categories or classes; classify.

2.	to describe by labeling or giving a name to; characterize.

Also, especially British, cat⋅e⋅go⋅rise.

Origin:
1695–1705; categor(y) + -ize

Related forms:

cat⋅e⋅go⋅rist [kat-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-]

, noun

cat⋅e⋅go⋅ri⋅za⋅tion, noun

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categorise
verb
place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize" [syn: categorize]

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