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English Dictionary: CLASSIFY by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classify
v
  1. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
    Synonym(s): classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
  2. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents"
    Antonym(s): declassify
  3. assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
    Synonym(s): relegate, 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.
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