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Webster 1828 Edition


Classify

CLASSIFY

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Verb.
T.
To make a class or classes; to distribute into classes; to arrange in sets according to some common properties or characters.
The diseases and casualties are not scientifically classified.

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classify

classify

English

Verb

classify (third-person singular simple present classifies, present participle classifying, simple past and past participle classified)

  1. to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
    Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?
  2. to declare something a secret, especially a government secret
    They decided to classify that information.

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  • classify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • classify in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911