hierarchize

[hahy-uh-rahr-kahyz, hahy-rahr-]

verb (used with object), hi·er·ar·chized, hi·er·ar·chiz·ing.

to arrange in a hierarchy.

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Also especially British, hi·er·ar·chise.

Origin of hierarchize

First recorded in 1880–85; hierarch(y) + -ize

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