Hypertext Webster Gateway: "classify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Classify \Clas"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & pp. {Classified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Classifying}.] [L. classis class + ?]
To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system;
to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common
properties or characters.
Syn: To arrange; distibute; rank.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
classify
v 1: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you
classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
[syn: {class}, {sort}, {assort}, {sort out}, {separate}]
2: declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify
these documents" [ant: {declassify}]
3: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"
"People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
[syn: {relegate}]
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