methodize

American  

[meth-uh-dahyz] / ˈmɛθ əˌdaɪz /

especially British, methodise

verb (used with object)

methodized, methodizing

1. to reduce (something) to a method.

2. to arrange (something) according to a method.

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methodize British  

/ ˈmɛθəˌdaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to organize according to a method; systematize

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Other Word Forms

• methodization noun
• methodizer noun
• unmethodized adjective
• unmethodizing adjective
• well-methodized adjective

Etymology

Origin of methodize

First recorded in 1580–90; method + -ize

Example Sentences

Though it’s offered through the art department, the students are equipped with multiple kinds of constructive tools: they learn to write, think visually, and methodize their research on the topic.

From Time • May 26, 2015

That what was done in France was a wild attempt to methodize anarchy; to perpetuate and fix disorder.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund

They persisted in the use of their simple fare, and endeavoured to contract their wants, and methodize their occupations, by a standard as rigid as possible.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

I will commence regularly, if I can methodize my recollection.

From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane

I found an opinion common through all the offices, and general in the public at large, that it would prove impossible to reform and methodize the office of paymaster-general.

From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Burke, Edmund