Classify

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Classify \Clas"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Classified}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Classifying}.] [L. classis class + -fy.]
     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; distribute; rank.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]
       [also: {classified}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "classify":
     alphabetize, analyze, appraise, arrange, assess, assort, bolt,
     bosom, break down, catalog, categorize, class, codify, collate,
     conceal, digest, divide, evaluate, factor, file, file and forget,
     gauge, gradate, grade, group, hold out on, identify, in petto,
     index, keep, keep back, keep between us, keep buttoned up,
     keep close, keep dark, keep from, keep in ignorance, keep mum,
     keep secret, keep snug, keep under wraps, list, make no sign,
     never let on, not give away, not tell, order, pigeonhole, place,
     play dumb, range, rank, rate, riddle, screen, secrete, separate,
     sieve, sift, size, sort, sort out, subdivide, subordinate,
     tabulate, thrash out, type, veil, weigh, winnow, withhold