classifying

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classifying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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