Classifying

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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.
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