Clās'si-fy, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CLASSIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. CLASSIFYING.] [It. classificare, from Lat. classis, class, and facere, to make.] To make a class or classes; to distribute into classes; to arrange in sets according to some common properties or characters; to systematize; to exhibit, in an arrangement, the order or systems of relation in nature.

Synonyms—To arrange; distribute; classify; rank.