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sys⋅tem⋅ize

[sis-tuh-mahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
systematize.
Also, especially British, sys⋅tem⋅ise.


Origin:
1770–80; system + -ize


sys⋅tem⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
sys⋅tem⋅iz⋅er, noun

sys⋅tem⋅a⋅tize

[sis-tuh-muh-tahyz]
–verb (used with object), -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
Also, systemize; especially British, sys⋅tem⋅a⋅tise.


Origin:
1755–65; < Gk systēmat- (s. of sýstēma) system + -ize


sys⋅tem⋅a⋅ti⋅za⋅tion, noun
sys⋅tem⋅a⋅tiz⋅er, noun


organize, order, articulate.
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sys·tem·ize   (sĭs'tə-mīz')   
tr.v.   sys·tem·ized, sys·tem·iz·ing, sys·tem·iz·es
To systematize.
sys'tem·i·za'tion (-tə-mĭ-zā'shən) n., sys'tem·iz'er n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sys·tem·atize
Variant: also British sys·tem·atise /'sis-t&-m&-"tIz/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -atized also British -atised; -atiz·ing also British -atis·ing
: to arrange in accord with a definite plan orscheme : order systematically systematized delusions> —sys·tem·ati·za·tion also British sys·tem·ati·sa·tion /"sis-t&-m&t-&-'zA-sh&n, sis-"tem-&t-/ noun
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