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sche⋅ma⋅tize

  [skee-muh-tahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
to reduce to or arrange according to a scheme.
Also, especially British, sche⋅ma⋅tise.

Origin:
1640–50; < Gk schēmatízein to form. See scheme, -ize

Related forms:
sche⋅ma⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
sche⋅ma⋅tiz⋅er, noun
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sche·ma·tize   (skē'mə-tīz')   
tr.v.   sche·ma·tized, sche·ma·tiz·ing, sche·ma·tiz·es
To express in or reduce to a scheme: a diagram that schematizes the creation and consumption of wealth.

[Greek skhēmatizein, to give form to, from skhēma, skhēmat-, form; see scheme.]
sche'ma·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n.
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