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systematize
systematize [ sístəmə tīz ] (3rd person present singular systematizes, present participle systematizing, past and past participle systematized) or systematise [ sístəmə tīz ] (3rd person present singular systematises, present participle systematising, past and past participle systematised)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
make or become systematic: to arrange something according to a system, or be arranged according to a system
[Mid-18th century. < Greek sustēmat-, stem of sustēma (see system)]

systematization [ sístəmə tī záysh'n ] noun
systematizer [ sístəmə tīzər ] noun
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