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To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrnge in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.

k alphabet, B, b. See B, and cf. etymology of Alphabet. Beta (B, b) is used variously for classifying, as:

To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.

To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application; as, to digest the laws, etc. Joining them together and digesting them into order. Blair. We have cause to be glad that matters are so well digested. Shak.

To divide or separate, as into classes, orders, kinds, or species; to classify; to assort, as specimens, letters, etc.

To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke.

To classify or enroll as an invalid. Peace coming, he was invalided on half pay. Carlyle.

Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnæan method.

The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.

To relate, classify, and explain, or attempt to explain, myths; to write upon myths.

ision; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify. Ranking all things under general and special heads. I. Watts. Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers. Broome. Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft. Dr. H. More.